Drae Mead-Strong was just 17-weeks-old back in June 2022, when he was diagnosed with a rare neurogenetic disorder called TBCK. He is the only person in the world with the diagnosis, as doctors ...

Digital engagement is neither inherently benign nor uniformly harmful among young people. Later in life, it can fortify specific cognitive skills through intentional practice.

People who lose their visual imagination after a stroke share damage to a single neural circuit. A new analysis maps these ...

NYU Langone neuroscientists identified the brain region likely responsible for recognizing images after seeing them once, ...

Scientists may have new answers to why pop-ups or notifications grab our attention. Turns out our attention is on a cycle, shifting seven to ten times per second.

Mental shortcuts used to interpret helping situations can cause well-meaning sighted people to assume they know more about the capabilities of blind people than they actually do.

Introduction Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus affecting millions predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Robust epidemiological ...

Functional vision loss can convince patients they’re suddenly unable to see, but a case demonstrates how a fogging vision ...

All humans are born with unique traits. Some inherited traits are simple, like eye color or hair color, but some inherited traits can be life-altering. In the ...