Recent research and expert commentary are challenging long-held assumptions about color, with some scientists arguing it exists only as a brain-generated experience. Neuroscience experiments, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What color is a tree, or the sky, or a sunset? At first glance, the answers seem obvious. But it turns out there is plenty of ...

Mouse cortical layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons were labeled with 7-color Tetbow. A combination of 7 fluorescent proteins (mTagBFP2, mTurquoise2, mAmetrine1.1, mNeonGreen, Ypet, mRuby3, tdKatushka2) was ...

From the biology of our eyes to cultural meanings and even industrial applications, color is far more than what meets the eye. Our perception is shaped by light, brain processing, and shared social ...

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 ...