Ah! This was one of the issues we examined in our cognitive course on semester at sea. Interestingly, there is some evidence that the names we give to colors actually do influence our perception of slight differences in hue. I know the original Rosch work indicated that that it was not so, among the Dani. But recent studies seem to more consistently find that language does influence performance in color-matching tasks. This evidence comes primarily from languages that have two clear cut names for blues, in particular.
I'd have to go back and sift through my files but here are some of the readings we did. As I recall we ended noting three themes in these readings...now if only I could remember them...Sigh. Old age... :( I'll have to reconstruct my notes if anyone really wants to know. One was the idea that color names influence perception; another was that there is widespread global agreement on basic color terms; the third was ??? Athanasopoulos, P. (2009). Cognitive representation of colour in bilinguals: The case of Greek blues. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 12(1), 83–95. Athanasopoulos, P., Damjanovic, L., Krajciova, A., & Sasaki, M. (2011). Representation of colour concepts in bilingual cognition: The case of Japanese blues. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 14(1), 9–17. Bimler, D. (2005). Are color categories innate or internalized? Hypotheses and implications. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 5(3-4), 265-292. Dedrick, D. (2005). Color, color terms, categorization, cognition, culture: An afterword. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 5(3-4), 487-495. Hupka, R., Zaleski, Z., Otto, J., Reidl, L., & Tarabrina, N. V. (1997). The colors of anger, envy, fear, and jealousy. A cross-cultural study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 28, 156-171. Jameson, K. A. (2005). Culture and cognition: What is universal about the representation of color experience? Journal of Cognition & Culture, 5(3/4), 293-347. Kaya, N., & Epps, H. H. (2004). Relationship between color and emotion: A study of college students. College Student Journal, 38, 396-405. Lindsey, D. T., & Brown, A. M. (2009). World Color Survey color naming reveals universal motifs and their within-language diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 106(47), 19785-19790. Ozgen, E., & Davies, I. R. L. (2002). Acquisition of categorical color perception: A perceptual learning approach to the linguistic relativity hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 477–493. Roberson, D., Davido, J., Davies, I. R. L., & Shapiro, L. R. (2005). Color categories: Evidence for the cultural relativity hypothesis, Cognitive Psychology, 50, 378–411 Roberson, D., Davies, I. R. L., Corbett, G. G., & Vandervyver, M. (2005). Free-sorting of colors across cultures: Are there universal grounds for grouping? Journal of Cognition & Culture, 5(3/4), 349-386. Winawer, J., Witthoft, N., Frank, M. C., Wu, L., Wade, A. R., et al. (2007).Russian blues reveal effects of language on color discrimination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 7780–7785. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=19871 or send a blank email to leave-19871-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
