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Direct linkPitchford, Nicola J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2006
Compared with object word learning, young children typically find learning color terms to be a difficult linguistic task. In this reflections article, I consider two questions that are fundamental to investigations into the developmental acquisition of color terms. First, I consider what constrains color term acquisition and how stable these…
Descriptors: Young Children, Color, Visual Learning, Word Recognition
Smith, Linda B. – Cognitive Science, 2005
Two experiments show that action alters the shape categories formed by 2-year-olds. Experiment 1 shows that moving an object horizontally (or vertically) defines the horizontal (or vertical) axis as the main axis of elongation and systematically changes the range of shapes seen as similar. Experiment 2 shows that moving an object symmetrically (or…
Descriptors: Young Children, Visual Stimuli, Recognition (Psychology), Cognitive Processes
