DISCOVERY: how the brain sees "in color"

Posted by anyman on Jan 30, 2002 at 11:26
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LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered how the brain perceives color in a finding that could one day help people who have lost their sight.

By studying macaque monkeys, researchers at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School have shown how modules of cells called "thin stripes" in a particular region of the brain are arranged and perceive colors.

"This finding provides the first physiological basis for the perception of the full gamut of color," said Daniel Felleman, a professor of neurobiology and anatomy.

color codes revealed...mmm...probably

pretty good science; almost evolution free

(although, it is strongly implied with barely veiled language :-)

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