Ultra-rapid categorisation of natural scenes does not rely on colour cues: A study in monkeys and humans

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2187-2200

  Delorme, A ^a   Richard, G ^a   Fabre Thorpe, M ^a  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Colour; Natural scenes; Primate; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034237263     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00083-3     Document Type: Article

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