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The script has flipped on what colors most people see Information and exposure also play a role in what you see and explain why over time, more people have come to see the dress one way over the other

"So in real-time, we have experienced in our lifetimes, the impact of knowledge on color perception." A viral moment helped answer an age-old question If you see the dress one way, that doesn't mean you can't change your mind, explained Conway

"Different people can look at the same thing, particularly if it's a photograph displayed on a monitor or phone and claim they are seeing very different things

Neuroscientist Bevil Conway, senior investigator at the National Eye Institute, part of the U.S

(Thank you for being here.) But the phenomenon continues to be utterly fascinating to vision scientists like me, and for good reason

(And yes, it's blue.) The fact that a single image could polarize the entire Internet into two aggressive camps is, let's face it, just another Thursday