The role of perception, language, and preference in the developmental acquisition of basic color terms
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The extent to which perception, language, and color preference might influence color conceptualization is investigated. The results suggest that though perception does not directly shape young children's color term acquisition, they prefer brown and gray significantly less than basic colors which occasionally appear in child-directed speech, linking color preference, linguistic input and developing color cognition.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 2005
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Object recognition and attention to object components by preschool children and 4-month-old infants
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Research indicates that 4-month-old infants and preschool children are both able to direct attention to and discriminate among various stimulus components. An oddity task and matching task were used with preschoolers, while a familiarization/novelty-preference task and habituation task were used with infants.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 2003
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Reflections on how color term acquisition is constrained
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A study examines the difficulties faced by children in learning color terms. It suggests that they find object word learning easier than linguistic learning.
Publication Name: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0022-0965
Year: 2006
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