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Cultural practice and perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Angus Gellatly
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Keele, Staffs, ST5 5BG, Englandpsa31@keele.ac.uk
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Abstract

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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.

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1997 Cambridge University Press