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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology,comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: navigating through menus with colour
Keywords: colour, menus
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Date: 7 Jun 89 18:31:14 GMT
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In article <29495@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> thom@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Thom Gillespie) writes:
}There was a study done in the 60's on library users and books which indicated
}that size and color helped in recalling placement of the book in the stacks.
}The study was done by William Cooper. I can't recall all the details but you
}might want to look at it. He's a prof at Berkeley wcooper@violet.berkeley.edu

Aha!  That just might explain it.

It:

One of my friends keeps all her books arranged by color and size on her
bookshelves, regardless of subject or author.  She's highly intelligent
and certainly reads them all, so it isn't just a matter of interior
decorating by an ignoramus (though the visual effect is striking).  I
wonder if she's heard of this study.

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