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Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process

Tony Belpaeme (UGent) and Joris Bleys
(2005) ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR. 13(4). p.293-310
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Color categories enjoy a special status among human perceptual categories as they exh bit a remarkable cross-cultural similarity. Many scholars have explained this universal character as being the result of an innate representation or an innate developmental program which all humans share. We will critically assess the available evidence, which is at best controversial, and we will suggest an alternative account for the universality of color categories based on linguistic transmission constrained by universal biases. We introduce a computational model to test our hypothesis and present results. These show that indeed the cultural acquisition of color categories together with mild constraints on the perception and categorical representation result in categories that have a distribution similar to human color categories.
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TASK, INFANTS, CHILDREN, DISTANCE, EVOLUTION, HYPOTHESIS, WORDS, TERMS, color, color categories, linguistic relativism, language game, universalism

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Belpaeme, Tony, and Joris Bleys. “Explaining Universal Color Categories through a Constrained Acquisition Process.” ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR, vol. 13, no. 4, 2005, pp. 293–310, doi:10.1177/105971230501300404.
APA
Belpaeme, T., & Bleys, J. (2005). Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process. ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR, 13(4), 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1177/105971230501300404
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Belpaeme, Tony, and Joris Bleys. 2005. “Explaining Universal Color Categories through a Constrained Acquisition Process.” ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR 13 (4): 293–310. https://doi.org/10.1177/105971230501300404.
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Belpaeme, Tony, and Joris Bleys. 2005. “Explaining Universal Color Categories through a Constrained Acquisition Process.” ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR 13 (4): 293–310. doi:10.1177/105971230501300404.
Vancouver
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Belpaeme T, Bleys J. Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process. ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR. 2005;13(4):293–310.
IEEE
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T. Belpaeme and J. Bleys, “Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process,” ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 293–310, 2005.
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  issn         = {{1059-7123}},
  journal      = {{ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Berlin, GERMANY}},
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  pages        = {{293--310}},
  title        = {{Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1177/105971230501300404}},
  volume       = {{13}},
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