An ecological valence theory of human color preference

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 8877-8882

  Palmer, Stephen E ^a   Schloss, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic preference; Color vision; Ecological theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COLOR PREFERENCE; ECOLOGICAL VALENCE THEORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 77952683067     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906172107     Document Type: Article

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