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Gil Torten June 21, 2023June 19, 2023 actin, Eye, phagocytosis, retinal pigment epithelium, rods, trogocytosis

A Close Up Look 25 – Ingestion

In this next Close Up Look, Gil Torten discusses the process of trogocytosis!… Read More

A Close Up Look

Gil Torten February 1, 2022March 14, 2022 Eye, Eye Color, Retina, Vision, Visual Science

A Close Up Look 12 – Eye Colors

In this new installment of our infographic series, A Close Up Look, KN Illustrator Gil Torten explains why we have different eye colors and much more. Check it out!… 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

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons January 4, 2016February 3, 2016 52 Brain Facts, Blind, Blind spot, Brain, Eye, Nerve, Optic nerve, Retina

Myth or Fact? Blind spots do not occur in healthy eyes.

Brain Basics Sensation and Perception

Joel Frohlich July 1, 2015March 5, 2017 Blue, Cataract, Color, Cone, Eye, Frank Jackson, Gene therapy, Green, Lens, Light, Mantis Shrimp, Perception, Photoreceptor, Red, Retina, Ultraviolet, UV, Vision

Seeing Invisible Colors

What would the world be like without color? Imagine you are a neurophysiologist, who studies color perception. You know that light is a wave and that humans perceive color according… Read More

Now Available in Trichromatic Vision Knowing Neurons

Brain Basics Did You Know?Neuroscience Art Sensation and Perception

knowingneurons July 10, 2014March 5, 2017 Brain, Color, Color Blindness, Colorblind, Cone, Dichromat, Eye, Opsin, Photoreceptor, Photoreceptors, Retina, Trichromatic Theory, Vision, Wavelength

Now Available in Trichromatic Color!

“What is color?” What a good question! The answer is a bit tricky, but it starts with light. Color is the visual perception of different wavelengths of light reflecting off… Read More

Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies Sensation and Perception

knowingneurons May 20, 2013March 5, 2017 Argus II, Biomedical engineer, Eye, Photoreceptors, Prosthesis, Prosthetic device, Retina, Retinal implant, Retinal prosthesis, Retinitis pigmentosa, RP, Second Sight, See, Vision

Retinal Prostheses: Restoring Vision to the Blind

Vision is arguably one of our most important senses. We rely on it to recognize color, shape, movement, distance, and perspective about the world around us. Although all parts of… Read More