The role of color information on object recognition: A review and meta-analysis

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 244-253

  Bramão, Inês ^a   Reis, Alexandra ^a   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a,b,c,d   Faísca, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Color diagnosticity; Color information; Literature review; Meta analysis; Object properties; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 80052874436     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.06.010     Document Type: Review

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