comfy@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 days agoWhat is something you can see, hear, smell, etc., that others can't?message-squaremessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something you can see, hear, smell, etc., that others can't?comfy@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square183fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoIf you have two x chromosomes, you may have inherited an extra color receptor gene. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 days agoI shouldn’t. Rereading that article makes me wonder if it’s a rod-related thing, since it’s only noticeable at night under dark skies, and apparently they can contribute to colour perception in those cases as well.
If you have two x chromosomes, you may have inherited an extra color receptor gene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy
I shouldn’t.
Rereading that article makes me wonder if it’s a rod-related thing, since it’s only noticeable at night under dark skies, and apparently they can contribute to colour perception in those cases as well.