Thanks for the link. I found it interesting, and having been a composer of music it substantiates my understanding that musical training draws the ear to aspects of the music that the non-musician may also hear but be unaware of. It also demonstrates the use of image simplicity and impact for advertising, as the non-visually trained magazine reader will spend very little time on the ad photographs.
What I would like to see done, though, is a study that shows the path of the eye as it views the picture, done with several types of image where bright objects, colorful objects, large objects, etc., are placed in different parts of each image. My experience is that the many of the "rules of composition" that, for example, camera clubs use for judging, and also teach the newcomers, are based more on urban myth than on actual physical studies.