Vision loss has long been treated as a one-way street, a devastating endpoint rather than a problem the brain might quietly work to solve. A wave of research is now overturning that assumption, ...

After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers found that surviving eye cells formed extra branches that restored ...

Advances in technology have greatly accelerated scientific understanding of vision and the brain. Researchers can now routinely record the activity of thousands of neurons at the same time and pair ...

When you see a bag of carrots at the grocery store, does your mind go to potatoes and parsnips or buffalo wings and celery? It depends, of course, on whether you're making a hearty winter stew or ...

While visual training will likely continue to be a productive part of treatment for people with hemianopia, the EPFL study ...

Your eyes and brain aren’t just close together—they’re connected. Simply put, your retina and optic nerve are extensions of your central nervous system, says Dr. Meenal Agarwal, an Ontario-based ...

Researchers say subtle changes in the eye may reflect early brain changes linked to dementia, years before clear symptoms ...

Optical illusions like this one to find a hidden number exploit your visual processing system and brain's ability to make assumptions in the absence of complete information. But if you possess sharp ...

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide and severely limits their independence, daily functioning, and overall quality of life. In Spain, the prevalence of blindness is estimated at 0.17% , ...

The 1950s were a relatively rudimentary era for experimental neurophysiology. Recording the electrical activity of neurons wasn’t uncommon, but the methods often demanded considerable patience and ...

Avian eye view -- Introduction / Sally A. McFadden -- Producing the image / Graham R. Martin -- Exploring the image / Hans-Ortwin Nalbach, Friederike Wolf-Oberhollenzer and Monika Remy -- Constructing ...