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The influence of surface color information and color knowledge information in object recognition

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In order to clarify whether the influence of color knowledge information in object recognition depends on the presence of the appropriate surface color, we designed a name-object verification task. The relationship between color and shape information provided by the name and by the object photo was manipulated in order to assess color interference independently of shape interference. We tested three different versions for each object: typically colored, black and white, and nontypically colored. The response times on the nonmatching trials were used to measure the interference between the name and the photo. We predicted that the more similar the name and the photo are, the longer it would take to respond. Overall, the color similarity effect disappeared in the black-and-white and nontypical color conditions, suggesting that the influence of color knowledge on object recognition depends on the presence of the appropriate surface color information.

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Bramao, Ines; Faísca, Luís; Petersson, Karl Magnus; Reis, Alexandra. The influence of surface color information and color knowledge information in object recognition, American Journal of Psychology, 4, 124, 437-446, 2011.

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