Vision

Your color vision is not for seeing red sunsets or green grass; rather, it evolved as a kind of empath sense, optimized to detect the changes in blood physiology in the skin of the faces (and rumps) of others, thereby sensing their emotions. Your forward-f ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Jun 22 2009 - 9:59am

Superoxide- Toxic Molecule May Be Essential To Bird Migration And 'Seeing' Earth's Magnetic Field

A toxic molecule implicated in cell damage and disease may also be essential for bird migration, according to the University of Illinois. They propose the molecule superoxide as a key player in the mysterious process that allows birds to 'see' E ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2009 - 10:08am

Eyes Without A Face? How Recognition Happens

A study by the University of Barcelona (UB) has analysed which facial features our brain examines to identify faces. Our brain adapts in order to obtain the maximum amount of information possible from each face and according to the study the key data for i ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 11:03am

Neuroscientists Discover Fourth Cell Related To Vision

Nearly all species have some ability to detect light and at least three types of cells in the retina allow us to see images or distinguish between night and day. Now, researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine say they have discovered another type ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2009 - 10:37pm

Which Foods Can Help You See Better?

Your mother, despite lacking an expensive lab studying phytochemicals or a PhD (well, for most of us anyway) told you that carrots would help you see better. And she was right, but purple carrots here and there may be even better for you because they h ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 2 2009 - 1:22pm

Regaining Sight From Bone Marrow Stem Cells In Old Age

Often the topic of controversy, stem cells research has once again proved itself necessary. University of Florida researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice. The success in repairing a damaged layer of retina ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2009 - 5:47pm

Antibody Drugs And Pediatric Ophthalmology- Benefits Versus Side Effects

A new class of antibody drugs may help in treatment of childhood eye diseases but specialists need to be alert for the possibility of serious side effects, according to an editorial in the August Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 3 2009 - 11:55am

Creative Brain: Gene Therapy Trial For Blindness Yields Unexpected Surprise

Even in adults born with extremely impaired sight, the brain can rewire itself to recognize sections of the retina that have been restored by gene therapy. This surprising adaptability comes a year after three blind volunteers received doses of corrective ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2009 - 6:47pm

Lateral Line System- Sixth Sense Seeing In The Dark

Fish and some amphibians possess a unique sensory capability that allows them to 'feel' objects around them without physical contact and see in the dark. Colloquially this is called a 'sixth sense' but scientifically it is called a late ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2009 - 3:38pm

Coloboma: Humans With "Cat Eyes"

As the story was told to me, the realization that my eyes were “different” wasn’t discovered until I’d been home from the hospital for a couple weeks. You know how it is- newborns sleep a lot, and eye contact is a bit limited when you’ve got a little one t ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Sep 7 2009 - 12:28am