title: Pictures as a means of conveying information.
abstract: These two experiments, which were conducted at a large midwestern American university, demonstrated that naive art observers can recognize tangible objects that are represented realistically in a picture. However, naive art observers cannot perceive the abstract themes that are portrayed in a picture unless they are informed about the relationships between the pictorial symbols and the concepts they represent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012107:Research Design; D014796:Visual Perception