Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found. The ...

PDE6A-associated RP, a rare form of inherited retinal disease (IRD), is characterized by nyctalopia, visual field defects, and significant loss of visual acuity (VA). The disease primarily affects the ...

“In GA, light is not transduced into electrical signals because of a loss of photoreceptors, which leads to an absolute scotoma (blind spot). 2,3 The PRIMA neurostimulation system replaces the lost ...

An experimental study conducted in China found that a 5-week emotion-targeted mindfulness training improved participants’ ...

They will revisit the day that changed everything and trace how lives shifted in the year since the midair collision that ...

Sensory illusions reveal how the brain creates coherence when signals don’t align. In autism and ADHD, perception often ...

New research shows how psychedelics alter visual processing and boost memory-linked brain circuits to generate hallucinations, revealing mechanisms with therapeutic implications.

Research findings reinforce new approaches in psychology, using psychedelic substances under medical supervision to treat certain clinical conditions. Psychedelic substances are increasingly being ...

As darkness retreats and flotation tanks gain popularity, a UCSD professor examines how “sensory deprivation” experiments ...