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Colour-temperature correspondences: when reactions to thermal stimuli are influenced by colour

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In our daily lives, information concerning temperature is often provided by means of colour cues, with red typically being associated with warm/hot, and blue with cold. While such correspondences have been known about for many years, they have primarily been studied using subjective report measures. Here we examined this correspondence using two more objective response measures. First, we used the Implicit Association Test (IAT), a test designed to assess the strength of automatic association...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pone.0091854

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Sciences Division
Department:
Experimental Psychology
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Author
Publisher:
Public Library of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
PLoS ONE Journal website
Volume:
9
Issue:
3
Pages:
e91854
Publication date:
2014-03-11
Acceptance date:
2014-02-17
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EISSN:
1932-6203
ISSN:
1932-6203
Language:
English
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uuid:c58262e9-23fb-4ee0-b92b-930f8da1e946
Local pid:
pubs:458118
Source identifiers:
458118
Deposit date:
2014-06-16

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