Paradoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces

What is the function of color vision? Here, the authors show that when retinal mechanisms of color are impaired, memory has a paradoxical impact on color appearance that is selective for faces, providing evidence that color contributes to face encoding and social communication.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maryam Hasantash, Rosa Lafer-Sousa, Arash Afraz, Bevil R. Conway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10073-8