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interindividual variation in human color categories: evidence against strong influence of language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

thomas wachtler
thomas wachtler
Affiliation:
department of physics/neurophysics, philipps-university, 35039 marburg, germanythomas.wachtler@physik.uni-marburg.de http://neuro.physik.uni-marburg.de/~wachtler
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Abstract

with respect to human color categories, steels & belpaeme's (s&b's) simulations over-emphasize the possible influence of language. in humans, color processing is the result of a long evolutionary process in which categories developed without language. common principles of color processing lead to similar color categories, but interindividual variation in color categories exists. even color-deficiencies, causing large differences in color categories, remain inconspicuous in everyday life, thereby contradicting the hypothesis that language could play a role in color category formation.

Type
open peer commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 510
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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