News tagged with visual acuity

Believing is Seeing: How Mindset Can Improve Vision

(PhysOrg.com) -- How you see isn't just about how good your eyes are - it's also about your mindset, according to a study published in Psychological Science. For example, in one experiment, if someone was told that exerci ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 02, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Finding is a feather in the cap for researchers studying birds' big, powerful eyes

Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us -- and all the other animals on the planet -- beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains develop.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blind mice can 'see' thanks to special retinal cells

It would make the perfect question for the popular television show "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader:" What parts of the eye allow us to see?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Findings about veracity of peripheral vision could lead to better robotic eyes (w/ Video)

Two Kansas State University psychology researchers have found that although central vision allows our eyes to discern the details of a scene, our peripheral vision is most important for telling us what type of scene we're ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Is photoscreening the best way to catch 'lazy eye'?

Amblyopia, known as "lazy eye," is a major cause of vision problems in children and a common cause of blindness in people aged 20 to 70 in developed countries. In amblyopia the person's stronger eye is favored and his/her ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers look to the future for defeating blindness

Neurobiologists funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have discovered a potential cure for degenerative vision diseases leading to terminal blindness.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Inexpensive drug to stop sight loss shown to be effective

An inexpensive, but unlicensed drug to help prevent severe sight loss in older people has been shown to be safe and effective, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Certain laboratory technique allows rapid detection of eye pathogens

A laboratory technique using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that copies DNA segments may allow clinicians to accurately identify pathogens infecting the cornea more quickly than standard methods, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight

Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experimental treatments restore partial vision to blind people

Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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