Within factors involved in the vertical signalling perception: Holistic processing vs. analytical

The hypothesis of the global precedence, defended by Navon (1977), proposed the differentiation between two important levels in visual perception: the global or holistic processing vs local or analytical one and, therefore, m any investigations have analysed the influence of several stimular variable s and their respective interactions. in this line, with the present paper w e attempt to generalize the global precedence to daily perceptive situation s, specifically, to study the whole effect of some variables in the global precedence, such as the form, the colour; and the stimulus components, appl ied to vertical signalling -traffic signs perception-. The results have sho wn an interaction between the factors "Figure of the vertical sign" x "Elem ent of the vertical sign", fur the reaction rimes and for the correct answe rs proportion, which suggests the use of holistic and analytic strategies i n the visual images' recognition.