Red is the new orange: Nonlinguistic categorical color perception
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Learning & Behavior
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Publication Date
- Jan 25, 2019
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 271–272
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.3758/s13420-018-0371-9
- Source
- Springer Nature
- Keywords
- License
- Yellow
Abstract
Caves et al. (2018) demonstrated categorical perception in zebra finches for the orange-red color category that conveys information about male fitness. This result implies that categorical color perception does not necessarily have linguistic origins, as has been previously believed.