The Influence of Language on Color Perception
Abstract
Language serves as a basic tool for human cognition, and its impact on sensory perception has been a topic of interest in psychological research for a long time. So this paper explores the complex relationship between language and color perception from the perspective of psycholinguistics. This study aims to explore the influence of language on color perception, including verifying the neural mechanism of language shaping color cognition, analyzing the perceptual differences between cross-cultural and bilingual groups, so as to provide a basis for education, design and other fields, and finally reveal the active role of language in color perception. Through the classic theories (such as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) and literature analysis(including cross-linguistic color naming, color discrimination experiments, and neuroimaging research), this paper finds that it not only affects human color classification and memory, but it also interacts with cultural and individual factors to shape color perception.
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