Feeling blue and seeing blue: Sadness may impair color perception
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 11:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The world might seem a little grayer than usual when we're down in the dumps and we often talk about 'feeling blue' -- new research suggests that the associations we make between emotion and color go beyond mere metaphor. The results of two studies indicate that feeling sadness may actually change how we perceive color.