EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE FOR CONSTRAINTS ON COLOR CATEGORIZATION

Authors
DAVIDOFF J ROBERSON D
Citation
J. Davidoff et D. Roberson, EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE FOR CONSTRAINTS ON COLOR CATEGORIZATION, Behavioral and brain sciences, 20(2), 1997, pp. 185
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology,"Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1997)20:2<185:EFCOCC>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The question of whether colour categorisation is determined by nontriv ial constraints (i.e., universal neurophysiological properties of visu al neurons) is an empirical issue concerning the organisation of the i nternal colour space. Rosch has provided psychological evidence that c ategories are organised around focal colours and that the organisation is universal; this commentary reconsiders that evidence.