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          color perception

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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 8, 2025·2 min read

          Your Red Is My Red: Shared Brain Codes for Color

          Human brains share common patterns of activity when perceiving colors, suggesting universal neural coding of color. Researchers compared brain responses from one group of participants to predict what colors another group was viewing, finding high accuracy in decoding both color and brightness.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·June 13, 2024·6 min read

          Facial Expressions Alter Memory of Color

          Facial expressions influence memory color effect, with angry and fearful faces more strongly affected than neutral faces. Participants perceived achromatic angry and fearful faces as red-yellow, indicating that expression impacts color memory. This research highlights how emotions and memory color are interconnected. Future studies aim to explore attention toward different facial expressions and colors.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·May 24, 2024·8 min read

          How Our Brain Recognizes Objects in Black-and-White Images

          A new study explains how the brain excels at recognizing objects in both color and black-and-white images. Researchers found that early exposure to limited color information forces the brain to rely on luminance for object recognition.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·May 16, 2024·5 min read

          Brain Circuit for Color Perception Identified

          Researchers have identified the specific brain circuits in fruit flies responsible for color perception. These neurons within the optic lobe respond selectively to various hues, including those perceived as violet and ultraviolet by humans.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·April 16, 2024·5 min read

          Decoding the Rainbow: New Secrets of Color Perception

          Researchers made significant progress in understanding color perception by identifying non-cardinal retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the human fovea. These cells may explain complex color perceptions beyond the traditional models established by the cardinal directions of color detection.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·January 27, 2024·4 min read

          How Older Brains Perceive Color Differently

          Healthy older adults perceive colors differently compared to younger individuals. The research involved measuring pupil responses to various colors in a blackout room, with 17 young adults (average age 27.7) and 20 older adults (average age 64.4) participating.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·November 3, 2023·7 min read

          Color Concepts: How Bilingualism Influences Color Perception

          Researchers discovered that the way we perceive and describe colors is influenced by the languages we speak. In a study with the Tsimane’ society from the Bolivian Amazon, bilingual individuals who learned Spanish as a second language began distinguishing colors differently than monolingual Tsimane’ speakers.
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          This shows a woman smelling a rose, surrounded by swirling colors.
          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·October 6, 2023·5 min read

          How Odors Warp Our Color Perception

          Researchers unveiled an intriguing intersection between our sense of smell and color perception, revealing how particular scents can subtly distort our color experiences. In a meticulous experiment involving six different odors and a neutrally visual task, participants' color perception skewed in alignment with established odor-color associations, such as caramel with brown and yellow or coffee with brown and red.
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          This shows a drawing of an eye surrounded with different colors
          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·November 22, 2022·4 min read

          Could We Train Our Brains to See New Colors?

          Researchers question if our brains can take in three primary color inputs and turn them into the range of different colors we can see, could a little bit more mental work result in us unlocking different hues?
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          This shows a drawing of an eye and a color wheel
          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience
          ·October 8, 2022·5 min read

          The Effect of the Color Red on Brain Waves

          The color red is not particularly strong in terms of the strength of gamma oscillations it generates in the brain.
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          Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·August 31, 2021·6 min read

          Why Can’t We Identify Music Notes as Well as Colors? Pitch Perfect Study Provides Answers

          Frequency follow response (FFR) is a strong predictor of a person's ability to recognize and name musical notes, and may be an accurate metric for understanding a person's ability to recognize sounds. FFR may not be a fixed trait and can be improved over time.
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          This shows a colorful painting
          FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience
          ·August 16, 2021·5 min read

          Blind People Can’t See Color but Understand It the Same Way as Sighted People

          Findings upend the long-standing belief that blind people lack deep knowledge of visual phenomena.
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