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Empirical evidence for constraints on colour categorisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Jules Davidoff  and
Debi Roberson
Jules Davidoff
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, Englandjdavid@essex.ac.uk
Debi Roberson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, Englandjdavid@essex.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The question of whether colour categorisation is determined by nontrivial constraints (i.e., universal neurophysiological properties of visual neurons) is an empirical issue concerning the organisation of the internal colour space. Rosch has provided psychological evidence that categories are organised around focal colours and that the organisation is universal; this commentary reconsiders that evidence.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 185 - 186
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press