Color makes a difference: Two-dimensional object naming in literate and illiterate subjects

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Reis, Alexandra ^a,b   Faísca, Luís ^a   Ingvar, Martin ^b   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2D visual naming; Color processing; Illiteracy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 32344440835     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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