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The Effect of Trained Lexical Categories on Preattentive Categorical Perception of Color: An ERP Study

ZHONG Weifang1, RU Taotao2, MO Lei2   

  1. 1. Guangdong Justice Police Vocational College, Guangzhou 510520;
    2. Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
  • Received:2019-09-16 Published:2020-03-19

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Abstract: The present study investigated whether the effect of trained lexical categories on preattentive categorical perception (CP) of color depends on learning lexical categories steadily or discriminating color instantly, and verified whether trained lexical categories can shape the perceptual mechanism of color. In an experiment, four gradual colors, including green 1 (G1), green 2 (G2), blue 1 (B1) and blue 2 (B2) were used and two groups of participants were recruited. The training group was trained to name the four colors with four meaningless syllables respectively, in six training sessions, while the discriminating group received the training in only one session. After the training, both groups completed a visual Oddball task. Training data showed that, after the training, the training group learned the new names of the four colors correctly and steadily, and the discriminating group could discriminate the four colors into four categories. ERP data showed that there was a lateralized preattentive color CP corresponding to the training for the training group, but no such effect for the discriminating group. In conclusion, the results of the present study showed that:(1) the effect of lexical categories on preattentive color CP depends on learning lexical categories steadily rather than discriminating color instantly; (2) trained lexical categories can causally produce lateralized preattentive color CP, suggesting that lexical categories can shape the perceptual mechanism of color.

Key words: whorf hypothesis, lexical category, categorical perception of color, color discrimination, vMMN

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  • B844
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