Whorf versus Socrates, round 10.

Publisher: Elsevier Science Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9708669 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1364-6613 (Print) Linking ISSN: 13646613 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trends Cogn Sci Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Kidlington, Oxford, UK : Elsevier Science, c1997-

Cultural Characteristics* ; Discrimination Learning* ; Language* ; Orientation* ; Pattern Recognition, Visual* ; Social Isolation* ; Thinking*; Indians, South American/*psychology; Adult ; Brazil ; Child ; Concept Formation ; Educational Status ; Humans ; Problem Solving ; Rivers ; Space Perception

A recent paper by Dehaene, Izard, Pica and Spelke examined geometric concepts among the Munduruku, an Amazonian group without many linguistic terms for spatial relations, and without maps or formal schooling. Their profile of strengths and weaknesses provides new insights into the nature of the human mind and the importance of culture and language to the development of thought.

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