Andrew Huberman· PhD
Blue-yellow contrast is the key.
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Blue-yellow contrast is the key.
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Blue vs. yellow/orange contrast is the fundamental signal for the circadian system/setting and present at circa sunrise and circa sunset. The relevant neurons in the eye are optimally stimulated by that contrast.
these cells have these two cone photo pigments and they say how much blue light is there how much red light is there or orange light and the subtraction between those two triggers the signal for them to fire the signal off to the circadian clock of the brain
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