Neural representation of color in the pigeon visual Wulst
For many animals, color vision is important for survival, contributing to critical behaviors such as identifying food, detecting predators, and recognizing mates. How colors are processed in the central nervous system of di- and trichromatic vertebrate species (2-3 color cones) has been a topic of considerable research over the last decades. In contrast, the neuronal circuits supporting color vision in tetrachromatic vertebrates (4 color cones), such as birds, remain poorly understood. Through a combination of display engineering, large-scale Neuropixels recordings, and computational methods,