Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Thinking of Colors

A tracing of the flies' flight trajectories as they explore in a wind tunnel, as seen from above. Each observation by the cameras is scaled according to flight speed, as if the animal was dribbling paint as it was flying; the longer the residence time, the larger the dot. Each trajectory is shown in a different color. The stars indicate when the flies were subjected to a brief gust of wind. These experiments revealed how the wind-sensing antennae stabilize the fly's visual flight controller.People worldwide — even nomads in Tanzania — think of colors the same way


Would a color by any other name be thought of in the same way, regardless of the language used to describe it? According to new research, the answer is yes. […]
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