From ScienceDaily’s June 6, 2009 article, “People Who Wear Rose-Colored Glasses See More, Study Shows:”
A University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience suggesting that seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses is more biological reality than metaphor.
‘Good and bad moods literally change the way our visual cortex operates and how we see,’ says Adam Anderson, a U of T professor of psychology. “Specifically our study shows that when in a positive mood, our visual cortex takes in more information, while negative moods result in tunnel vision. The study appears in the Journal of Neuroscience. Read the rest of the article here.
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