…we give colours can influence the subjective experience or interpretation of colours. Wavelengths are objective, but colours are not Even the way we see a colour is not objective. That…
You look with your eyes, but see with your brain.
…retina. How this happens depends on all sorts of circumstances. In the shadow, for instance, you hardly see any colours. This is because the colour-sensitive receptors, or cones, need more…
Recognising faces
…extremely complex process, and very difficult to conceptualise. Seeing colours or identifying faces Fig. 2 Colour cube Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RGB_color_solid_cube.png Perhaps it will make things clearer if I start with something…
Families, genes, and psychiatric disorders
Translated by Rumia Bose I am acquainted with a family where some members have a severe form of bipolar disorder and red-green colour blindness. This colour blindness is known to…
Where am I? Our internal GPS
…it looks like it is running because of the accelerated replay. The coloured dots are the places where an electrode registers the activity – or firing – of a neuron….
Autism is hereditary, but you don’t inherit autism
…you get the detailed analysis. He has his father’s eye colour, the narrow lips and also the high forehead. But he has his mother’s sharp chin. The aunt does not…
Errors and disasters: the perfect storm
…knuckles damages your joints, you have a triune brain (reptilian, old mammalian and new mammalian), the colour red makes bulls aggressive, some people are left-brained and others right- brained. All…