Connections & Re-Wirings
The human visual system isn’t complete when a baby is born. It develops as a baby sees things. How does that happen? Also, as vision fails due to eye disease, how do the retinal neurons react? Two research projects studied these phenomena and their findings provided more information on how the eye and brain work […]
Inside the Visual System
There’s more to vision than meets the eye. Research has shown that the neurological processes that lead to vision are more involved than previously thought. Work at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed that neurons in the brain’s visual system add and shed synapses at a fast […]
Fixing What’s Broken
Spend enough time around eye doctors or in my case, reading about eye and vision research and you will learn that the eyes are the front of the brain. While the eyes are taking in the visuals, it is the brain that is interpreting them. Most of time, things work correctly, and people see what […]
Contacts—They’re Not Just for Adult Vision
There are a lot of benefits associated with contact lenses. Increased field of vision, less vision distortion and contacts don’t fog up when it is cold, rainy or while wearing a mask. For the most part, contacts are first recommended for teenagers. Children as young as 7 can wear and care for contacts and here […]
This Arc is More Plastic than Wooden
Binocular vision is a good thing. It allows humans to judge distance and depth, which gives us the ability to distinguish the relationship between objects. When the eyes aren’t in their correct position or can’t focus on the same object, then there are vision problems. It can lead to conditions such as strabismus, also known […]