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National Glaucoma Awareness Month
Of the estimated 80 million Americans who will be 65 and older in 2050, 6.3 million will be impacted by glaucoma.
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Zebrafish Eyeball Stays Flexible for the Future
Fish eyes’ stored stem cells could give clues to develop potential therapies for an injured mammalian eye.
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Visual Aphantasia: Memories in Words
People with aphantasia are incapable of forming mental images.
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How Your Brain Keeps You From Running Into Walls
Brain imaging and computer modeling evidence pinpoints the area of the brain that perceives environmental boundaries — and stops you from running into them.
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What Color Is Monday?
The question may sound bizarre, but for people with synesthesia, days of the week might have their own colors, shapes, textures — even smells!
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Seeing Culture in Our Brain
Our culture affects what we eat, what we wear, and what language we speak. However, where we grow up in the world may also affect certain aspects of how our brains work.
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Your World In 3-D, No Glasses Needed
Welcome to the crossroads of the optic nerves.
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A Developing Fruit Fly Eye
With more than half of its tiny brain devoted to sight, the fruit fly is a favorite animal model for scientists studying the visual system.
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The Pathway That Helps Know What You See
Advances in imaging technology allow scientists to look at the wiring that helps us understand our surroundings.
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Migraines: What's Light Got to Do With it?
Neuroscientists are investigating how light triggers and exacerbates migraines.
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Night Vision
In the human retina, low-light-sensitive rods outnumber color-sensing cones by about twenty to one.
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Restoring Sight and Sound
It isn’t just your ears that allow you to hear, or just your eyes that allow you to see — it’s your brain.
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