Language influences perception, study finds
(NEWSER) - Think of the Golden Gate Bridge. Would you describe it as fragile, elegant, and slender? Or strong, dangerous, and sturdy? When they pictured a bridge, a group of German speakers offered the first group of words, while Spanish speakers offered the second, NPR reports. The difference, believes the psychologist behind the study, is language. For Germans, “bridge” is the feminine noun “die brucke”; in Spanish, it’s the masculine “el puente.” More»
