Physchological aspects / edited by Nicola Pitchford and Carole P. Biggam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biggam, C. P. (Carole Patricia), 1946-

Pitchford, Nicola.

Series:

Progress in colour studies ; II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color--Terminology.

Color.

Colors, Words for.

Language and culture.

Color--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 237 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study of colour attracts researchers from a wide range of disciplines from both the sciences and the arts. Along with its companion volume, Progress in Colour Studies 1: Language and Culture, this book offers a fascinating insight into current issues and research into colour. Most of the papers originated in a 2004 conference entitled 'Progress in Colour Studies' held in the University of Glasgow, U.K. Some additional invited papers are included from investigators exploring new and exciting avenues of colour research. The contributions to both books represent reviews of state-of-the-art colour research in various disciplines, and some new research findings are reported. This volume, principally psychological in content, focuses on the development of colour perception and colour language, from infancy into adulthood, across a diverse range of cultures, including English, Himba, Chinese, and Mexican, and on the intriguing yet perplexing condition of synaesthesia, thus bridging research from the physiology, psychology and anthropology of colour.

Contents:

Progress in Colour Studies II

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

PREFACE

DR ROBERT E. MACLAURY 1944-2004: AN APPRECIATION

ABBREVIATIONS

Section 1: Theorectical approaches

EXPLANATION(S) AND THE PATTERNING OF BASIC COLOUR WORDS ACROSS LANGUAGES AND SPEAKERS

RE-ASSESSING PERCEPTUAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR OBSERVERS WITH DIVERSE RETINAL PHOTOPIGMENT GENOTYPES

HUE CATEGORIZATION AND COLOR NAMING: PHYSICS TO SENSATION TO PERCEPTION

Section 2: Developmental and cultural aspects

INFANT COLOR PERCEPTION AND DISCRETE TRIAL PREFERENTIAL LOOKING PARADIGMS

THE RIVALRY BETWEEN COLOUR AND SPATIAL ATTRIBUTES IN INFANT RESPONSE TO THE VISUAL FIELD

CONVERGING EVIDENCE FOR PRE-LINGUISTIC COLOUR CATEGORIZATION

COLOUR CATEGORIZATION IN PRESCHOOLERS

THE DEVELOPMENTAL ACQUISITION OF BASIC COLOUR TERMS

COLOUR CATEGORIES AND CATEGORY ACQUISITION IN HIMBA AND ENGLISH

SEX DIFFERENCES IN COLOUR PREFERENCE

Section 3: Cognitive and emotional aspects

COLOUR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE MEXICAN UNIVERSITY POPULATION

SYNAESTHESIA, NEUROLOGY AND LANGUAGE

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-15514-8

9786612155147

90-272-9302-3

OCLC:

781311883