Cortical response to categorical color perception in infants investigated by near-infrared spectroscopy

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 113; no. 9; pp. 2370 - 2375
• Main Authors: Yang, Jiale, Kanazawa, So, Yamaguchi, Masami K., Kuriki, Ichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 01.03.2016; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Babies; Brain; Color; Color Perception; Eyes & eyesight; Humans; Infant; Infant Behavior; Infants; Infrared spectroscopy; Linguistics; Sensory perception; Social Sciences; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods; Spectrum analysis; cortical response; categorical color perception; infant; visual development

Perceptual color space is continuous; however, we tend to divide it into only a small number of categories. It is unclear whether categorical color perception is obtained solely through the development of the visual system or whether it is affected by language acquisition. To address this issue, we...