FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·April 16, 2016·5 min readA New System for Color VisionResearchers have discovered a mechanism of color vision that could answer long standing questions, such as why a dimly lit night sky has a bluish cast.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 17, 2016·3 min readColor Vision Helps Birds Find Good Food and the Right PartnerAccording to researchers, color vision is vital for chickens to find good food and the right mating partner.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·June 14, 2017·5 min readHow Detecting Social Signals May Have Affected How We See ColorsA new study reports the photoreceptors in our eyes allow us to detect socially significant color variations better than other types of color vision.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 11, 2017·5 min readMeasuring the Basis of Color VisionA new study reports photoreceptors in the retina are sensitive to colors corresponding to their visual pigments.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·December 15, 2017·3 min readLittle Understood Cells Helps Mice See ColorA new study sheds insight into how mice see in color. The findings could have implications for treating human visual disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 1, 2018·3 min readIrreversible Damage to Color Vision Linked to Popular Erectile Dysfunction DrugA new study reports the popular erectile dysfunction drug, Viagra, can cause long term retinal damage and color vision problems in men.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·October 14, 2018·6 min readDish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision DevelopsUsing human retinal tissue grown from stem cells, researchers shed light on how color vision develops. The study found thyroid hormones dictated whether the cells became blue, green or red photoreceptors.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 18, 2018·4 min readJust How Blind Are Bats?Researchers report not all bats are blind, but some have selected superior acoustic abilities over vision through evolution.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·February 18, 2019·3 min readHeavy Smoking Can Damage VisionA new study reports those who smoke 20 or more cigarettes a day have a reduced ability to discriminate contrast and colors compared to non smokers.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·February 28, 2019·6 min readMaking Sense of How the Blind ‘See’ ColorResearchers suggest blind and sighted people experience visual phenomena differently, but share a common understanding of them.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·July 9, 2019·4 min readRosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading facesFacial processing and color processing may engage in similar brain mechanisms.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·January 12, 2020·5 min readHow do fruit flies see in color?Researchers have identified a circuit in the brains of fruit flies, which enables them to see in color. The network is similar to that which allows human color vision. The findings could help in the development of AI technologies.Read More
