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  • Visual Perception
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Color constancy enables stable surface perception under changing illumination.
  • Research on color constancy in children is limited, with an unknown developmental trajectory.
  • Understanding age-related differences in visual perception is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate differences in color constancy between children and adults.
  • Determine the developmental trajectory of color constancy from ages six to 11.
  • Compare color constancy patterns across illuminations and reflectances in different age groups.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a child-friendly, computer-based object selection task.
  • Participants identified a target object under varying illuminations (blue, yellow, red, green).
  • Two experiments utilized 2D scenes and 3D renderings, involving 59 adults and 73 children.

Main Results:

  • Children (six to 11 years) outperformed adults in color constancy.
  • Performance significantly decreased with age in children across both experiments.
  • Similar patterns of constancy were observed across illuminations and reflectances for both groups.

Conclusions:

  • Children exhibit enhanced color constancy compared to adults, contrary to expectations.
  • The decline in performance with age suggests developing cognitive strategies influencing automatic mechanisms.
  • Further research is needed to explore the perceptual and cognitive mechanisms underlying these developmental changes.