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Explore the neural processes from eye to brain and the understanding of human vision, colour perception and its role in cognition and behaviour

Have you ever looked at an object and made a judgement based on its colour? Would you eat blue soup? Does bright light put you in a good mood? The typical human brain relies heavily on vision to comprehend the world around us. The way people perceive colour and respond to light affects their behaviour, health, and productivity.

Explore with Professor Anya Hurlbert the neural processes from eye to brain and the understanding of human vision, colour perception and its role in cognition and behaviour.

About Professor Anya Hurlbert

Anya Hurlbert is Professor of Visual Neuroscience and Dean of Advancement at Newcastle University. She co-founded Newcastle’s Institute of Neuroscience in 2003, serving as its co-Director until 2014, and now steers the Centre for Transformative Neuroscience. She was a Marshall Scholar and holds degrees in physics, physiology, brain and cognitive science, and medicine from US and UK institutions.

Anya speaks and writes widely on colour perception and art and has devised several science-based art exhibitions, including an interactive installation at the National Gallery, London. Anya serves on the Scientific Consultative Group of the National Gallery, where she was recently Scientific Trustee, is Associate Editor of the Journal of Vision and on the editorial board of Current Biology, the Board of Directors of the Vision Sciences Society, and the Rank Prize Optoelectronics Committee. She is on the advisory board of the National Science and Media Museum and a Trustee of the Science Museum Group (UK).