Color-selective numerosity adaptation depends on the automatic categorization of colored information

• Published in: iScience Vol. 28; no. 6; p. 112572
• Main Authors: Grasso, Paolo A., Anobile, Giovanni, Gurioli, Massimo, Cicchini, Guido M., Arrighi, Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 20.06.2025; Elsevier
• Subjects: Neuroscience; Psychology; Neuroscience; Psychology

Numerosity perception is subject to adaptation, but this effect is greatly reduced when adaptor and test differ in color. This color-selectivity has been interpreted as evidence of automatic categorization of color-defined numerical information. However, some argue it instead demonstrates the non-nu...