While visual training will likely continue to be a productive part of treatment for people with hemianopia, the EPFL study ...

Blindsight describes the phenomenon whereby individuals with damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) retain certain visually guided behaviours despite an absence of conscious visual perception. In ...

Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have designed three new eyeglasses using high-power prisms to optimally expand the visual ...

BOSTON, Nov. 12 Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that -- when tested in a driving simulator -- patients with hemianopia (blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes) ...

Eye research charity Fight for Sight is partnering with the Stroke Association to test the effectiveness of a treatment for ‘retraining’ the eyes for people who experience a loss of vision after ...

Boston, Mass. -- Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have designed three new eyeglasses using high-power prisms to optimally ...

Strokes are serious and life threatening medical emergencies that require immediate attention. They occur when blood supply to a section of the brain is temporarily cut off. This could be due to a ...

Scientists have found that -- when tested in a driving simulator -- patients with hemianopia have significantly more difficulty detecting pedestrians than normally sighted people. These results fly in ...

We report a 23-year-old woman with right homonymous hemianopia and incomplete left inferior quadrantanopia and paracentral scotoma secondary to head trauma from a gunshot wound. The patient underwent ...

Three new eyeglasses have now been designedusing high-power prisms to optimally expand the visual fields of patients with hemianopia, a condition in which the visual fields of both eyes are cut by ...

This can cause issues with daily life going forward - such as disorientation in crowded places and difficulty seeing traffic in the street. By Fiona Callingham, Health Reporter specialising in medical ...