What is Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? CVI refers to a brain condition, not an eye condition and results from damage to the visual systems in the brain that deal with processing and integrating ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Large retrospective studies have demonstrated that visual impairment is a risk factor for developing cognitive ...

Millions of Americans are living with low vision, a visual impairment that can turn everyday moments - recognizing a friend's face across the street, reading a recipe or checking a text message - into ...

About 12 million Americans over the age of 40 are blind or visually impaired, according to the CDC. Because of the variety of visual impairments that exist, it’s difficult to generalize about the ...

As many as 1 in 5 dementia cases may be associated with vision impairment, new research suggests. These findings may open new avenues for dementia prevention through targeting vision impairment. More ...

A child reaches for a toy, hesitates, then turns away — not because their eyes cannot see it, but because their brain cannot make sense of what they are seeing.

The aim of this study was to evaluate trends in visual impairment certification due to age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) in the Leeds metropolitan area between 2005 and 2010. Previous studies ...

Visual agnosia is a rare neurological condition in which people are unable to identify objects. People with visual agnosia can see an object, but the brain is unable to recognize it. It can occur due ...

Visual snow syndrome involves flickering dots in your field of vision. It’s unclear what causes it, but experts suspect it has neurological origins. Share on Pinterest Alexander Spatari (street), ...

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