Date of Award
1999
Degree Name
Psychology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Del Lawhon
Second Advisor
Stephen O’Keefe
Third Advisor
Teresa R. Eagle
Abstract
Color contrast has been shown to aid in visual search tasks using electronic displays, while the research regarding the usefulness of color contrast in aiding visual search using a paper medium is mixed. The present study questions whether subjects’ performance will improve on a paper task where the search target is in high color contrast when compared with a task where the target color does not differ from the rest of the search field.
Thirty-nine adults with normal vision were administered two forms of the WAIS-R digit symbol subtest, one with low chromatic contrast and one with high chromatic contrast, in a within-subjects design. No significant difference was found in performance on the two tasks. Explanations offered for these results include the effects of surround luminance, contrast of saturation, and short-term visual memory.
Subject(s)
Visual perception – Testing.
Color vision.
Problem solving.
Recommended Citation
Francke, Wendell S., "The effects of color contrast on performance of the WAIS-R digit symbol subtest" (1999). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1620.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1620
