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·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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·February 28, 2019·6 min read

Making Sense of How the Blind ‘See’ Color

Researchers suggest blind and sighted people experience visual phenomena differently, but share a common understanding of them.

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·June 14, 2017·5 min read

How Detecting Social Signals May Have Affected How We See Colors

A new study reports the photoreceptors in our eyes allow us to detect socially significant color variations better than other types of color vision.

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·September 11, 2017·5 min read

Measuring the Basis of Color Vision

A new study reports photoreceptors in the retina are sensitive to colors corresponding to their visual pigments.

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·October 18, 2018·4 min read

Just How Blind Are Bats?

Researchers report not all bats are blind, but some have selected superior acoustic abilities over vision through evolution.

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·July 9, 2019·4 min read

Rosy health and sickly green: color associations play robust role in reading faces

Facial processing and color processing may engage in similar brain mechanisms.

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·April 16, 2016·5 min read

A New System for Color Vision

Researchers 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.

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·October 14, 2018·6 min read

Dish Grown Human Retinas Explain How Color Vision Develops

Using 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.

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·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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·December 15, 2017·3 min read

Little Understood Cells Helps Mice See Color

A new study sheds insight into how mice see in color. The findings could have implications for treating human visual disorders.

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·June 8, 2020·4 min read

Our visual world of color is largely incorrect

People are oblivious to change when color is removed from peripheral vision. Research reports the brain likely fills in for much of our perceptual experience when it comes to seeing the entire picture in color.

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·July 12, 2023·4 min read

Sea Snakes Regained Color Vision via Rare Genetic Evolution

A new study reveals the annulated sea snake has evolved to perceive a wider range of colors than its ancestors. Early snakes lost their color vision during their adaptation to dim-light burrowing lifestyles, but sea snakes, which inhabit brighter marine environments, regained color vision.