Color Vision Archives - Knowing Neurons

Zoe Dobler August 2, 2021October 18, 2021 Color, Color Vision, language, native language, Perception, Vision

50 Shades of Green – How Language Shapes our Color Perception

While writing this article, I am lying in the grass, which is as green as the caipirinha I am drinking under the blue sky. This sounds great, doesn’t it? I’m… Read More

Infographics

Gil Torten January 11, 2021February 25, 2021 Color Vision, Cones, Eye, Opsin, Vision, Visual cortex

A Close Up Look Infographic – #2 – Rods and Cones

How do rods and cones work in the eyes of the animals around us? Learn about the differences between the human eye and the one of the bee, snake… Read More

Brain Basics Sensation and Perception

Joel Frohlich September 30, 2015June 29, 2022 Color, Color Vision, Cone, Cones, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Green, Mars, NASA, Opponent Process Theory, Perception, Pluto, Tetrachromat, Trichromatic, Vision

Seeing Invisible Colors: Part II

In a recent Knowing Neurons piece, we explored the exotic visual abilities of other animals, while lamenting the limitations of human color vision. In this article, we stretch those limits… Read More