Surprising finding may explain how you see in low light

A new study has uncovered surprising new details about how our eyes process what we see.

When we look at something, our visual system breaks down different aspects of the scene—such as color, contrast, and motion—and processes those components separately. It’s called parallel visual processing and it’s what allows our brains to work out what we’re seeing so quickly.

This separation of information starts in the retina, and scientists have thought that s...