The ways our eyes explore the world change subtly over time, affected by age and illness. A new study now suggests some of those changes could be used to identify problems with memory and cognition.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Micro-movements are still possible with modern refractive lasers. Precise treatment planning and shorter ...

Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson's disease, just as they can for healthy people. This seemingly counterintuitive ...

Saccadic eye movements are rapid, ballistic shifts in gaze that allow the fovea to sample different parts of a visual scene, facilitating high-resolution perception. Research in this area has revealed ...

Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed fovea, is responsible for sharp vision. Here, the color-sensitive cone ...

Researchers have discovered that the subtle squeaking sounds in the ear generated by eye movements can indicate where the eyes are looking. In 2018, a team at Duke University (NC, USA) led by Jennifer ...

As we age, there is a decrease in the number of neurons in the basal ganglia, cerebellum and spinal cord that can negatively ...

Drug development for neurodegenerative diseases is struggling with one of its most intractable barriers: the slow, variable, and subjective nature of clinical endpoints Traditional assessment scales, ...