The Influence of Color on the Perception of Scene Gist

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 660-675

  Castelhano, Monica S ^a   Henderson, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conceptual representation; perceptual properties; scene gist; scene perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44449091629     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.3.660     Document Type: Article

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