Knowing color terms enhances recognition: Further evidence from English and Himba

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-238

  Goldstein, Julie ^a   Davidoff, Jules ^a   Roberson, Debi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Color term acquisition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NAMIBIA; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NAMIBIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 56549118765     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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