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Hemispheric Influence of Language on Perception

Research determining how language might affect color perception suggests that language can influence perceptual phenomena, but this effect is not uniform across the brain. The left cerebral hemisphere, which is associated with language for most people, shows stronger linguistic influences on perception. In contrast, the right hemisphere, which is less involved in language processing, is less affected by linguistic influences on perception (Regier & Kay, 2009).

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A researcher designs an experiment where participants must quickly identify which of two color swatches is a different shade. The swatches are presented exclusively to either the left visual field (which is processed by the right brain hemisphere) or the right visual field (processed by the left brain hemisphere). Based on the typical lateralization of brain functions, which outcome would provide the strongest evidence that a person's language categories are influencing their color perception?