Journal article
Continuous dynamics of color categorization
Psychonomic bulletin & review, Vol.17(3), pp.348-354
06/2010
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.3.348
PMID: 20551357
Abstract
In order to assess whether color categorization is sensitive to within-category differences in hue, we monitored mouse trajectories in a modified categorization task. Participants saw color swatches from a blue-green continuum and categorized them with a computer mouse by selecting one of two colored regions at the top of a monitor. An analysis of the mouse trajectories showed that the deviation toward the competing category was a function of hue: As hues approached the category boundary, they increasingly deviated to the competitor. This work presents evidence for parallel activation on the level of hue and category processing for color, as well as simultaneous activation of perceptually adjacent categories. Thus, a dynamic process sensitive to fine-grained within-category detail best characterizes color categorization.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Continuous dynamics of color categorization
- Creators
- Stephanie Huette - School of Social Sciences, University of California, Merced, California 95343, USA. shuette@ucmerced.eduBob McMurray
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychonomic bulletin & review, Vol.17(3), pp.348-354
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.3758/PBR.17.3.348
- PMID
- 20551357
- ISSN
- 1069-9384
- eISSN
- 1531-5320
- Grant note
- DC008089 / NIDCD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2010
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Linguistics; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070745802771
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