Language, thought and color: Recent developments

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Kay, Paul ^a   Regier, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FORMAL LANGUAGES;

COLOR COGNITION; COLOR NAMING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; THINKING;

EID: 31744437647     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.12.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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