News tagged with neurobiologist

Seeing color traced back to genetic mutations

From the inside of our heads, it feels as if colors are intrinsic aspects of the outside world and our eyes are beautifully designed to see them. But we humans are merely sampling the possible ways of sensing the spectrum ...

Biology / Evolution

May 21, 2012 | 4.9 / 5 (11) | 4

Brain maps help guide you through large-scale space, researchers find

Lost? Not sure how to get home? Trying to find your way through the mall or an airport? Help is on the way, thanks to a stack of cells, or neurons, in your head. They're mostly on the left side of the brain in males, on the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0