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ERIC Number: EJ252653
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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Children's Color Perception in Relation to Habitat and Skin Color.
Gaines, Rosslyn; Powell, Gloria J.
Child Development, v52 n3 p914-20 Sep 1981
Developmental color perception of 278 four- and eight-year-old Black and White children in three societies was examined in relation to the theories that proximity to the equator and that fundus pigmentation (as measured by skin color) reduce shortwave (blue-green) in comparison to long-wave perception. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Color, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Visual Perception, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caribbean; Nigeria