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- Title
Does food recognition depend on color?
- Authors
Sun, Jisoo; Gauthier, Isabel
- Abstract
Color is considered important in food perception, but its role in food-specific visual mechanisms is unclear. We explore this question in North American adults. We build on work revealing contributions from domain-general and domain-specific abilities in food recognition and a negative correlation between the domain-specific component and food neophobia (FN, aversion to novel food). In Study 1, participants performed two food-recognition tests, one in color and one in grayscale. Removing color reduced performance, but food recognition was predicted by domain-general and -specific abilities, and FN negatively correlated with food recognition. In Study 2, we removed color from both food tests. Food recognition was still predicted by domain-general and food-specific abilities, but with a relation between food-specific ability and FN. In Study 3, color-blind men reported lower FN than men with normal color perception. These results suggest two separate food-specific recognition mechanisms, only one of which is dependent on color.
- Subjects
COLOR vision; RECOGNITION (Psychology); FOOD testing; NEOPHOBIA; GRAYSCALE model; LOSS aversion
- Publication
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 6, p2219
- ISSN
1069-9384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/s13423-023-02298-y