How much color do we really see?

(Dartmouth College) Color awareness has long been a puzzle for researchers in neuroscience and psychology, who debate over how much color observers really perceive. A study from Dartmouth in collaboration with Amherst College finds that people are aware of surprisingly limited color in their peripheral vision; much of our sense of a colorful visual world is likely constructed by our brain. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news