Do we see blue when we feel blue? Not as well as when our eyes are smiling through those rose-tinted glasses, apparently. The world in all its colorful beauty is known to be visually perceived by humans through 3 color axes–red-green, blue-yellow, and black-white. Recent experiments have shown that watching a sad video clip can decrease the ability to perceive colors on the blue-yellow axis, but not those on the red-green axis. Given these revelations, should we consider rewriting the teal-jerking and cyan-ical lyrics of “Love Is Blue” and “Blue Balloon” to reflect the happiness–or at least neutrality–one should be … Continue reading Three axes of color even in a blue world

Welcome to Righting the Write, my new blog for what (hopefully science-related) inspiration may come! Since this is my first post here, I wanted to find something around the theme of “one.” Having also been doing some serious multitasking almost nonstop recently, I can certainly appreciate the advantages of monotasking–a sign of getting older? Research shows that the ability to multitask declines with age, which is associated with a decline in white matter integrity in the anterior thalamic radiations of the brain. What a twisted maze we navigate day to day!           Continue reading One thing at a time!