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Cultural practice and perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Angus Gellatly
Angus Gellatly
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Keele, Staffs, ST5 5BG, [email protected]
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Abstract

In adult humans, conscious visual experience – including that of colour – is shaped by particular cultural practices, as evidenced in the cross-cultural literature. In addition, the practices of our own culture already inform attempts to assess the “natural” experience of newborns or other animals.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 189 - 190
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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