How color enhances visual memory for natural scenes

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Spence, Ian ^a   Wong, Patrick ^a   Rusan, Maria ^a   Rastegar, Naghmeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RECALL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NATURE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 33645078921     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01656.x     Document Type: Article

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