Do Infants See Colors Differently?


	Do Infants See Colors Differently?

arifsali

5-14-2008 4:14 PM

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infants, research, colors, brain

arifsali says:

A recent study in PNAS by researchers at the University of Surrey challenges this view, however. It suggests an intriguing and novel account of color categorization in infants. In this study 18 English-speaking adults and 13 four-month-old infants were shown a colored target on a colored background.

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