By Allison Krebs “I’m legally blind without my glasses.” Although often used hyperbolically to describe poor eyesight, this phrase is usually inaccurate. Legal blindness is a specific clinical and legal classification with precise criteria defined not by inconvenience, dependency on glasses, or difficulty spotting road signs at night. Rather, it is based on standardized measurements … Continue reading “Legally Blind”: What it Actually Means, and What Researchers Are Doing About It
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Shedding Light on Vision
By: Andrew Huhn, 2nd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program Have you ever had an overly philosophical conversation with a friend where you ask, “Do you think the color blue I see is the same color blue that you see?” There is no right way to answer this—because who knows, right? It’s interesting to think … Continue reading Shedding Light on Vision
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