Michał Kuniecki

Michał Kuniecki

Michał Kuniecki is a researcher in psychology and first author of a 2015 study of red, attention and emotional context.

Who they are

The work of Michał Kuniecki reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Colour-in-Context Theory.

Key papers

Kuniecki, M., Pilarczyk, J., & Wichary, S. (2015). The color red attracts attention in an emotional context. An ERP study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 212. What it reports: In a dot-probe task with EEG recording, red images captured and held attention in emotional conditions but not in neutral ones. Behavioural effects were weaker, though red still affected reaction times.

Key ideas

Colour-in-Context Theory: Colour is a signal, and a signal means nothing outside a setting.

Sources

  1. Kuniecki, M., Pilarczyk, J., & Wichary, S. (2015). The color red attracts attention in an emotional context. An ERP study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 212.