Recognizing familiar faces seems effortless, but what happens when the brain struggles to identify even the people we know ...

Night blindness, or nyctalopia, is a condition that makes it hard for an individual to see in dark places or for eyes to ...

Bright sun and blue skies make perfect “bluebird” days for skiing, boarding, hiking, or just being out in the snow. But if you’re not wearing UV-blocking sunglasses in conditions where the sun’s rays ...

In 2005, Rosemary Mahoney was assigned to write a magazine profile of the woman who started Tibet's first school for the blind, Braille Without Borders. Sabriya Tenberken, who is blind herself, ...

Scientists have taken another important step toward restoring vision in people with certain inherited forms of blindness. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at ...

Are people who have been blind for most of their lives better at hearing than sighted individuals? New in JNeurosci, Woon Ju ...