One study of eight easily hypnotized individuals found that when they were simply asked to perceive a color,
the color areas in the brain were activated — even if they were looking at a gray scale.
One study of eight easily hypnotized individuals found that when they were simply asked to perceive a color,
color areas in the brain were activated — even if they were looking at a gray scale.
Not exact matches
According to the mri results, 38 minutes after Rennich entered the tube, an
area of darkness — of no
color at all — appeared on the image of his
brain, indicating that the neurons
in a small region of the cerebral cortex were no longer transmitting visual information.
We know, for example, that different
areas of the
brain are involved
in processing
color and form of visual images.
Color indicates the likelihood of a particular neuronal type appearing
in that
area of the
brain (white is most likely and black is least).
Side view of the
brain summarizing blood flow results from tens of thousands of study subjects shows increased blood flow
in women compared to men, highlighted
in the red
colored areas of the
brain: the cingulate gyrus and precuneus.
A new study led by the University of Utah School of Medicine and Chung - Ang University provides evidence that several regions of the
brain are hyperconnected
in adolescent boys diagnosed with Internet gaming disorder (lines between
colored areas,
colored areas represent specific
brain networks).
They found that
in 17 of the 19 participants the fusiform face
area, the
brain's face - recognition region, was turned on most strongly when they saw somebody of their own
color, indicating that it responds to certain kinds of faces with greater acuity.
That technology allows scientists to control the activation of neurons
in any
area of the
brain that they expose to specific
colors of visible light.