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 ...

A room used for sleep and audio studies at the Unit for Visually Impaired People. On a hill overlooking a small airport whose runway stretches into the Ligurian Sea sits the Unit for Visually Impaired ...

Visual impairment may be a risk factor for dementia, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology in which researchers compared the likelihood of incident dementia or mild cognitive impairment ...

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 ...

Even mild head injuries can mean serious consequences for brain function at its most basic level. Research published in Communications Biology shows that neuroplasticity, too, has its limits. Injuries ...