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.

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Main Authors: Maryam Hasantash, Rosa Lafer-Sousa, Arash Afraz, Bevil R. Conway
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b6696ab69ace43a4bcc3da4dd3fdc8482021-12-02T15:35:38ZParadoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces10.1038/s41467-019-10073-82041-1723https://doaj.org/article/b6696ab69ace43a4bcc3da4dd3fdc8482019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10073-8https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723What 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.Maryam HasantashRosa Lafer-SousaArash AfrazBevil R. ConwayNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
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Paradoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces
description 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.
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title Paradoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces
title_short Paradoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces
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