Dreaming serves to protect the brain’s visual cortex from being overtaken by other sensory inputs. The brain’s peak ...

Does the deaf brain "see" with its ears? New research shows the auditory cortex maps visual space through selective deactivation, a breakthrough in neuroplasticity.

A brain that develops in the deprivation of one sense reorganizes itself in surprising ways, revealing remarkable ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...