Matisse could suggest a whole room with nothing more than a plane of pure red paint — and now here was another way of doing something similar, of jolting
the viewer out of complacency and facing up to the trickery of art and vision.
«The researchers think pre-questions probably have this benefit because they act as an «orienting device», directing
viewers to look
out for specific information, and perhaps also because they reduce
viewers»
complacency and overconfidence in their knowledge, thus motivating them to pay more attention,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest's write - up
of the findings.