What about clearing up the clutter of complexes, hang-ups, and memories that litter the mind and color our perception of those around us?

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And they found a noticeable increase in gray matter volume in the regions known to be related to color vision and perception.

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Rods are very sensitive to light, shapes and movements and cones are not as sensitive, but they control the perception of color.

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For Changizi, this research on primates and color vision suggests that people's perception of colors must be consistent, given the way the eye's cones detect these specific subtle shifts in skin tone.

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Usually not by much, but enough to give us things like color, which is a result of our perception different wavelengths of light being scattered by objects or media or both.

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