Conceptualization of Perceptual Attributes: A Special Case for Color?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-314

  Pitchford, Nicola J ^a   Mullen, Kathy T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color cognition; Perceptual saliency; Visual development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035516066     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.2001.2634     Document Type: Article

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