Shades of gray
Shades of gray
- September 3, 2015
- Loh Down on Science features cognitive scientist Alyssa Brewer's visual perception research
From SCPR:
Cognitive scientists at UC Irvine. … Alyssa Brewer and Brian Barton tested people's
vision and brain activity in very dim light, when only rods are active. But surprise!
Areas of the brain thought just to process color from cones lit up! So it seems the
rod and cone systems share some unexpected processing pathways. Why does it matter?
Brewer says, to provide effective treatments for people with impaired vision, we really
need to understand how the visual system works.
For the full story and to listen in, please visit http://www.scpr.org/programs/loh-down-on-science/2015/09/03/11947/.
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