Chromatic imaging: An effect of mental colouring on recognition memory

Chromatic imaging: An effect of mental colouring on recognition memory

In 3 experiments, 150 young adults saw black-and-white line drawings and imagined them filled in with a specified color. A surprise recognition test followed, with the drawings shown colored in. Drawings shown in the color in which they had been imagined were more likely to be identified than those...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian Journal of Psychology 1982-06, Vol.36 (2), p.291-299
Hauptverfasser: Watkins, Michael J, Schiano, Diane J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Color
Human
Imagery
Memory
Recognition (Learning)
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Zusammenfassung:In 3 experiments, 150 young adults saw black-and-white line drawings and imagined them filled in with a specified color. A surprise recognition test followed, with the drawings shown colored in. Drawings shown in the color in which they had been imagined were more likely to be identified than those shown in a different color. (French abstract) (11 ref)
ISSN:0008-4255
1196-1961
1878-7290
DOI:10.1037/h0080642