This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...
Using MRI scans, researchers found that participants’ patterns of brain activity were alike when looking at certain colors.
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have decoded brain maps of human color perception. The findings, published today in Current Biology, open a window into how color processing is ...
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The Color Purple: A Brain-Made Illusion?
Purple is a nonspectral color made by the brain, showing how individual differences in vision shape the colors we see.
The question of whether colors like 'red' and 'blue' appear the same to different people has long been debated in the philosophy and science of human perception. A study published on September 8, 2025 ...
A head-scratching optical illusion challenges the perception of color and how the brain plays tricks on us. In an image created by the UK contact lens vendor Lenstore, a series of lilac letters ...
Perceiving something – anything – in your surroundings is to become aware of what your senses are detecting. Today, Columbia University neuroscientists identify, for the first time, brain-cell ...
After patient RDS (identified only by his initials for privacy) suffered a stroke, he experienced a rare and unusual side effect: when he saw something red, blue, green, or any other chromatic hue, he ...
NEW YORK, NY — Perceiving something – anything – in your surroundings is to become aware of what your senses are detecting. Today, Columbia University neuroscientists identify, for the first time, ...
Every now and then, a bit of nostalgia bait drifts across my social media feed, with people pining for the brighter colors of the past – the vivid hues of the Toys R Us logo, or a 90s McDonald’s play ...
A picture of a sneaker which some users see as grey and some as pink, is resurfacing on social media with users claiming that the color people see shows which side of their brain is dominant, and ...
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