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Ethnic differences in sensory perception*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

Hans Kalmus
Hans Kalmus
Affiliation:
The Galton Laboratory, University College, London
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Summary

It is possible to summarize our survey under the following four headings:

1. Members of different ethnic groups may react differently to comparable natural (usually complex) situations.

2. Laboratory measurements of various sensory functions of ethnic groups have often been contradictory; and even though some peripheral differences in perception are a priori probable, others may still be caused by cultural differences in cognition, memory content or motivation; these cognitive and memory differences may be best interpreted as differences in individually acquired but group characteristic reafference systems.

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Type
Physiological and psychological aspects
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 1 , supplement S1: Biosocial Aspects of Race , 1969, pp. 81 - 90
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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