Sapir-Whorf bewijzen

Leonard Carmichael and his colleagues demonstrated that subjects had different systematic distortions in their recall of ambiguous line drawings depending upon which verbal label they were given (e.g. dumbbells or eyeglasses). Experiments on eyewitness testimony by Elizabeth Loftus and others showed that by varying the verb (e.g. crashed or hit) one can manipulate the estimated speed of the traveling car given by the subjects.