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Neurons code the colour we see

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A Splash of Colour
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All activity in your brain – including those which mediates your perception of colour – is based on electrical messages between neurons. Vision scientists can measure these signals at the eye, and at the back of the brain.

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Seeing neurons inside the living eye

Using techniques borrowed from astronomy, vision scientists can take high-resolution images of the retina, the fine layer of cells in the back of your eye.
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More than meet the eye: Hyperspectral imaging

How many colours we see is limited by our eye, which contains only three types of colour sensors. Using advanced techniques, vision scientists can take images of this “invisible” information and make it visible.
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A Splash of Colour
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Neil Parry
Keywords
colour vision
Department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Date Added: 06/11/2018
Duration: 00:04:05

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