Using MRI scans, researchers found that participants’ patterns of brain activity were alike when looking at certain colors.

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Between late september through late october is when we tend to see the greatest change in those fall colors and next week we will start to see them in full dis ...

On average (91′-01′), foliage peaks around mid to late October. However, the recent stretch of weather will likely alter that timeframe this year. What We Need We are coming off of one of the coolest ...

Snakes are known as adept and clever hunters, distinguished by their lack of eyelids and external ears. These elongated reptiles are many in number, with over 3,900 known species. But how do these ...

Jumping spiders see the world in colors and patterns far beyond human perception. Their ability to distinguish subtle ...

Fall is here and it's time to talk about our famous fall foliage in New England. We could all hope to go out as spectacularly as trees do each autumn. Groves of red, orange, and yellow will soon be ...

Close your eyes and visualize the following: a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a bouquet of fully bloomed red roses, a juicy peach. Hopefully, these mental images produced some form of positive ...

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Do colors trigger unique brain responses? And do different people have the same brain responses to colors? In a new JNeurosci paper, Michael Bannert and Andreas Bartels, from the University of ...