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Seeing neurons inside the living eye

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A Splash of Colour
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Using techniques borrowed from astronomy, vision scientists can take high-resolution images of the retina, the fine layer of cells in the back of your eye.

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A Splash of Colour
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Neurons code the colour we see

All activity in your brain – including those which mediates your perception of colour – is based on electrical messages between neurons. Vision scientists can measure these signals at the eye, and at the back of the brain.
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A Splash of Colour
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Hannah Smithson
Laura Young
Keywords
colour vision
Department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Date Added: 06/11/2018
Duration: 00:07:40

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