FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·June 27, 2019·3 min readDeciphering how the brain encodes color and shapeVisual neurons selectively respond to color and shape along a continuum. While some neurons are only activated by either a specific color or shape, others are responsive to color and shape simultaneously. The findings contradict previous beliefs about how visual processing works.Read More
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
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 8, 2020·4 min readOur visual world of color is largely incorrectPeople 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·February 9, 2021·7 min readColor Is in the Eye of the BeholderThe evolution of red color vision in a species of butterfly is linked to coordinating rhodopsin tuning.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 23, 2022·4 min readPicky Eaters Are Put Off by Food Depending on Plateware ColorThe color of the plate food is served on influences taste perception, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 19, 2018·7 min readWe Can Read Each Other’s Emotions From Subtle Changes in Facial ColorResearchers reveal people are able to correctly identify, with 75% accuracy, expressions of emotion in others based on subtle changes in color around the nose, eyebrows and chin.Read More