Color vision: color categories vary with language after all.
An intriguing new study with Russian and English participants has provided compelling support for the view that 'categorical perception' of color categories is verbally mediated and varies with culture and language.
Roberson
Debi
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Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, UK. robedd@essex.ac.uk
Hanley
J Richard
JR
D003118:Color Perception; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics