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Your red is my red, at least to our brains

Brain scans reveal a common neural signature when people see red, green or yellow

a bunch of red apples

Colors evoke similar neural activity among people, a brain scanning study finds.

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By Laura Sanders

It’s a late-night debate in college dorms across the world: Is my red the same as your red? Two neuroscientists weigh in on this classic “Intro to Philosophy” puzzler in research published September 8 in the Journal of Neuroscience.