The relationship between language and the environment: Information theory shows why we have only three lghtness terms

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1100-1107

  Baddeley, Roland ^a   Attewell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VISION;

COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ENTROPY; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69549120469     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02412.x     Document Type: Article

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