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chromatopsia

n. an aberration in color vision in which there is excessive visual sensitivity to one color, such that objects appear tinged with that color. Chromatopsia is caused by drugs, intense stimulation, or snow blindness, and it can occur after eye hemorrhages, cataract extraction, electric shock, or optic atrophy. There are several forms: erythropsia (red vision), chloropsia (green vision), xanthopsia (yellow vision), and cyanopsia (blue vision). Also called chromopsia.

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March 12th 2025

place cell

place cell

a neuron in the hippocampus that fires selectively when an animal is in a particular spatial location or moving toward that location. Place cells were first discovered in 1971.