A team of scientists studying thousands of people who see letters as colors (a rare condition known as synesthesia) have recently identified a remarkable pattern. A large chunk of them see ...

This is your brain, in glorious color A new interactive map of a fragment of a human brain gives new insights into its structure. An image compiled by researchers shows nerve cells inside a woman ...

This color-coded graphic shows different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted by one of the genetic tools developed by scientists at the Allen Institute and other institutions.

"Your brain perceives color in nonlinear — kind of wacky — ways," Holdgraf said. "If you're not careful about the color you choose, then a step from 0 to 0.5 might be perceived as actually to 0.3.

Novel illusions suggest that the brain does not separate perception of color from perception of form and depth. Skip to main content. Scientific American. May 1, 2008. 9 min read.