Looking at anything that is green when hearing "frog": How object surface colour and stored object colour knowledge influence language-mediated overt attention

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-145

  Huettig, Falk ^a,b   Altmann, Gerry T M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Colour; Conceptual category; Eye movements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78651357600     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.481474     Document Type: Article

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