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College students were assigned to factorial combinations of picture context (homogeneous, heterogeneous) and picture color (color, black and white). Subjects were then given homogeneous slides in a picture-recognition test using two distractor types. One distractor type included stimuli not previously shown to the subjects; the other type involved previous stimuli in a different (mirror-image) orientation. Each group was shown 240 pictorial stimuli and was then tested with 48. Results revealed that picture recognition was not influenced by picture color. However, the results indicated a significant interaction between picture context and distractor type, with performance being significantly influenced only by the homogeneous context with new distractors. Results were discussed in terms of the importance of the initial viewing context.
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Kiphart, M.J., Sjogren, D.D. & Cross, H.A. Some factors involved in complex-picture recognition. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 22, 197–199 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333803
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