Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What color is a tree, or the sky, or a sunset? At first glance, the answers seem obvious. But it turns out there is plenty of ...

The human brain actively keeps "learning" in balance by holding on to what matters and letting go of what does not.

Here's a visual illusion that catches the brain in the act of making up color. Arrange a set of black spokes radiating from a center, then recolor short pieces of each spoke to red or blue, ...

Even though the human visual system has sophisticated machinery for processing color, the brain has no problem recognizing objects in black-and-white images. A new study from MIT offers a possible ...

Red traffic lights make drivers stop. The color red produces a signaling and warning effect. But is this also reflected in the brain? Researchers at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for ...

We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red, green, and blue, while dimness or brightness is detected by photoreceptor rods. Many non-mammalian ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Color Mismatch Brain Quiz Simple brain training: spot the mismatch between color and words. Top shows the color, bottom shows the word. Games metadata is ...

The face is an important feature for identifying individuals, and as suggested by the expression, “kaoiro wo ukagau” (Look at the complexion; i.e. be sensitive to someone’s mood, read someone’s ...