Skelton Alice E, Maule John, Franklin Anna
The Sussex Colour Group & Baby Lab School of Psychology University of Sussex Brighton UK.
Child Dev Perspect. 2022 Jun;16(2):90-95. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12447. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
A remarkable amount of perceptual development occurs in the first year after birth. In this article, we spotlight the case of color perception. We outline how within just 6 months, infants go from very limited detection of color as newborns to a more sophisticated perception of color that enables them to make sense of objects and the world around them. We summarize the evidence that by 6 months, infants can perceive the dimensions of color and categorize it, and have at least rudimentary mechanisms to keep color perceptually constant despite variation in illumination. In addition, infants' sensitivity to color relates to statistical regularities of color in natural scenes. We illustrate the contribution of these findings to understanding the development of perceptual skills such as discrimination, categorization, and constancy. We also discuss the relevance of the findings for broader questions about perceptual development and identify directions for research.
出生后的第一年，感知觉会有显著发展。在本文中，我们聚焦于颜色感知的案例。我们概述了婴儿如何在短短6个月内，从新生儿时期对颜色的非常有限的察觉，发展到对颜色更复杂的感知，从而使他们能够理解物体以及周围的世界。我们总结了相关证据，即到6个月大时，婴儿能够感知颜色的维度并对其进行分类，并且拥有至少基本的机制来在光照变化的情况下保持颜色感知的恒常性。此外，婴儿对颜色的敏感度与自然场景中颜色的统计规律有关。我们阐述了这些发现对理解诸如辨别、分类和恒常性等感知技能发展的贡献。我们还讨论了这些发现与关于感知觉发展的更广泛问题的相关性，并确定了研究方向。
