Color has been scientifically investigated by linking color appearance to colorimetric
measurements of the light that enters the eye. However, the main purpose of color …

In this study, we systematically review the scientific literature on the effect of color on object
recognition. Thirty-five independent experiments, comprising 1535 participants, were …

Visual cortex contains regions of selectivity for domains of ecological importance. Food is an
evolutionarily critical category whose visual heterogeneity may make the identification of …

We distinguish between gras** gestures associated with using an object for its intended
purpose (functional) and those used to pick up an object (volumetric) and we develop a …

Crossmodal correspondences between odors and visual stimuli—particularly colors—are
well-established in the literature, but there is a paucity of research involving visual shape …

People perceive roughly constant surface colors despite large changes in illumination. The
familiarity of colors of some natural objects might help achieve this feat through direct …

Are real-world objects represented as bound units? Although a great deal of research has
examined binding between the feature dimensions of simple shapes, little work has …

Some everyday objects are associated with a particular color, such as bananas, which are
typically yellow. Behavioral studies show that perception of these so-called color-diagnostic …

We investigated the memory colour effect for colour diagnostic artificial objects. Since
knowledge about these objects and their colours has been learned in everyday life, these …

A classic debate in the psychology of language concerns the question of the grain-size of
the linguistic information that is stored in memory. One view is that only morphologically …