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With color in mind

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Which human brain area produces color blindness when damaged? High-resolution functional neuroimaging suggests that it is area V8, not the favorite candidate V4.

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Figure 1: Visual areas in the human and monkey brains.

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  1. Sir Derman Christopherson Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

    Charles Heywood

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    Alan Cowey

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Heywood, C., Cowey, A. With color in mind. Nat Neurosci 1, 171–173 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/617

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