Hi On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Beth Benoit wrote:
> TIPSters, > One of my Intro students asked if a person who is color blind > has a better perception of movement - particularly peripheral > movement. Since the rods take over for missing cones, and a > person who is color blind has fewer or no cones, could there > be a difference? > > Here are her words: > > "My husband who is color blind and doesn't really have good > vision either has excellent perception when it comes to > seeing animals in the woods. He seems them because of > movement and it is not center vision when he does see them. I > often thought it curious that someone with limited accuity > would have an above average abitilty to pick out animals from > the background." It may not have to do with more rods. Part of animal (and human) camouflage is color-based. So someone with deficient color vision is less deceived. I believe that colour-blind people were used as spotters and picture readers during the WWs for that reason. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
