Diagnostic Colors Mediate Scene Recognition

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-210

  Oliva, Aude ^a,b   Schyns, Philippe G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Color; Diagnostic information; L*a*b*; Recognition; Scene; Spatial layout; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 0034269180     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.1999.0728     Document Type: Article

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55. (Accepted August 1, 1999)