Taylor, Chloe, Schloss, Karen, Palmer, Stephen E and Franklin, Anna (2013) Color preferences in infants and adults are different. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 20 (5). pp. 916-922. ISSN 1069-9384

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Adults commonly prefer blues most and greenish yellows least, but these hue preferences interact with lightness and saturation (e.g., dark yellow is particularly disliked: Palmer & Schloss (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:8877-8882, 2010)). Here, we tested for a similar hue-by-lightness interaction in infant looking preferences, to determine whether adult preferences are evident early in life. We measured looking times for both infants and adults in the same paired-comparison task using all possible pairs of eight colors: four hues (red/yellow/green/blue) at two lightness levels (dark/light). The adult looking data were strikingly similar to other adults' explicit preference responses, indicating for the first time that adults look longer at colors that they like. Infants showed a significant hue-by-lightness interaction, but it was quite different from the adult pattern. In particular, infants had a stronger looking preference for dark yellow and a weaker preference for light blue than did adults. The findings are discussed in relation to theories on the origins of color preference.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Psychology > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Depositing User:	Anna Franklin
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2014 10:35
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2014 10:35
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/48994

📧 Request an update