Dzulkifli Mariam Adawiah, Mustafar Muhammad Faiz
Department of Psychology, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100 Selangor, Malaysia.
Malays J Med Sci. 2013 Mar;20(2):3-9.
Human cognition involves many mental processes that are highly interrelated, such as perception, attention, memory, and thinking. An important and core cognitive process is memory, which is commonly associated with the storing and remembering of environmental information. An interesting issue in memory research is on ways to enhance memory performance, and thus, remembering of information. Can colour result in improved memory abilities? The present paper highlights the relationship between colours, attention, and memory performance. The significance of colour in different settings is presented first, followed by a description on the nature of human memory. The role of attention and emotional arousal on memory performance is discussed next. The review of several studies on colours and memory are meant to explain some empirical works done in the area and related issues that arise from such studies.
人类认知涉及许多高度相关的心理过程，如感知、注意力、记忆和思维。一个重要且核心的认知过程是记忆，它通常与环境信息的存储和回忆相关联。记忆研究中的一个有趣问题是如何提高记忆表现，进而提高信息的记忆能力。颜色能提高记忆能力吗？本文重点探讨颜色、注意力和记忆表现之间的关系。首先介绍颜色在不同情境中的重要性，接着描述人类记忆的本质。然后讨论注意力和情绪唤醒对记忆表现的作用。对几项关于颜色与记忆的研究进行综述，旨在解释该领域已完成的一些实证研究以及这些研究引发的相关问题。
