This study aimed to determine whether or not people whose language required them to write from right to left or left to right would affect the way these individuals would construct visual images (Maass et al., 2009). The study involved taking speakers of English (left-to-right writers) and speakers of Arabic (right-to-left) and observing how they would spatially construct an image of a man and a woman standing next to each other (Maass et al., 2009). It was found that English speakers consistently placed the man to the left of the woman, while Arabic speakers consistently placed the man to the right of the woman (Maass et al., 2009). It was concluded that the respective linguistic rules of English and Arabic speakers unconsciously influenced the way they organized their images and, by extension, their thoughts (Maass et al., 2009). However, this study shows limitations, particularly in that it only used English and Arabic speakers, and gender roles may have affected the results. This shows a need for further research. Nevertheless, there are other studies supporting linguistic relativity. Lucy (2004) studied the intellectual tendencies of English speakers and Yucatec Mayan speakers, finding that English speakers were much more likely to group nouns into lexical groups based on their characteristics.