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Brain scan technology is finding that some parts of the brain respond more strongly to colour than others Flickr/dpi

Perceiving colour involves more than meets the eye

By Colin Clifford, University of Sydney and Erin Goddard, University of Sydney

For more than 200 years, scientists have known the range of colours we can see means there must be three different types of light-responsive cells in our eyes. These three types of cell, along with the…
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Trouble holding on to your memories? A bad night's kip might be to blame. planetchopstick/Flickr

To sleep, perchance to learn

By Russell Conduit, Monash University

So here it is, another morning. Another day of yawns. Another day of … oh … what was I saying? We all know that if you don’t get a good night’s sleep, you don’t function properly during the day. It could…

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No single seat of memory

Cortex

In a case study published in the September 2011 issue Cortex, clinical neuropsychologists have reported that a child can…