When Mary, the neuroscientist, exits her black-and-white room, she learns (according to Jackson)

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According to Jackson, when Mary exits her black-and-white room, she learns what it is like to see red, experiencing the qualitative aspect of color perception that she could not have understood through her black-and-white experiences alone. This thought experiment is used to argue against physicalism by suggesting that there are aspects of conscious experience (qualia) that cannot be fully understood through physical explanations alone.

When Mary, the Neuroscientist, Exits Her Black-And-White Room, She Learns