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Tetrachromacy: the mysterious case of extra-ordinary color vision

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Recent years have witnessed a growing public interest in human tetrachromacy – the possibility that a subpopulation of women enjoy an extra dimension of color vision. Yet, by contrast, rigorous… Click to show full abstract

Recent years have witnessed a growing public interest in human tetrachromacy – the possibility that a subpopulation of women enjoy an extra dimension of color vision. Yet, by contrast, rigorous studies of this unusual phenotype are sparse. The aim here is to offer the reader a guide to the facts and myths regarding this potential ‘superpower’ and to address the core methodological issues that need to be considered when investigating it.

Keywords: color; color vision; mysterious case; case extra; tetrachromacy mysterious

Journal Title: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
Year Published: 2019

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