Kumar was awarded the Samueli Foundation Prize for her research, as well leadership, collaboration and critical thinking skills – all of which earned her a prize of $25,000. Her project investigated whether retinal fatigue changes our perception of 'imaginary colors,' an illusion of color most commonly seen from a spinning black and white disk, called a Benham's disk. For her research, Kumar had subjects look at the Benham's disk, and then stare at a red, blue or green light. 'Imaginary or freshener colors are an illusion of colors most commonly seen from a spinning black and white disc.' Kumar set out to see if she could change these colors using retinal fatigue, which occurs when a person stares at an object for a long period of time.

Source: Daily Mail November 13, 2020 22:00 UTC