Color discrimination, color naming and color preferences in 80-year olds

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 176-185

  Wijk, H ^a   Berg, S ^a,b   Sivik, L ^a   Steen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color discrimination; Color naming; Color preferences; Elderly; Environment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

EID: 0032832021     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03399660     Document Type: Article

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