Posted by Nick on July 13, 1999 at 15:09:11:
In Reply to: Re: The Languages of Pao posted by Martin G. on July 13, 1999 at 14:55:41:
a Central American language, in which the directional system [north, south, down, up etc.] is very different, and where speakers have enormous difficulty in grasping left and right as used in Indo-European languages).
Its been demonstrated that there is no difference between sub-species and left-right comprehension. Everyone is crap at left and right, because it is not adaptive, top and bottom is. You say above and below, but for left-right you can only say next to.