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Watson, Derrick G. and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2006) Effects of color heterogeneity on subitization. Perception & Psychophysics, Vol.68 (No.2). pp. 319-326. doi:10.3758/BF03193679 ISSN 0031-5117.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03193679
Abstract
Small numbers of items can be enumerated rapidly and accurately via a process termed subitizing. In two experiments, we examined the effect of target color heterogeneity on subitizing efficiency. In contrast to the findings of Puts and de Weert (1997), we found that observers were no less efficient at subitizing displays containing red and green items than they were at subitizing displays of a single color. We propose that these findings are consistent with subitization operating on items represented within a location master map that codes where objects are but not what they are. The data are discussed in relation to recent findings concerning the detection of single-feature targets and the functional architecture of early visual processing.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Visual perception, Color — Physiological effect, Color — Psychological aspects, Psychophysiology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Perception & Psychophysics | ||||
Publisher: | Psychonomic Society | ||||
ISSN: | 0031-5117 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.68 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 319-326 | ||||
DOI: | 10.3758/BF03193679 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Grant number: | R000239180 (ESRC) |
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