The human eye contains a blind spot at the back of the eye where the optic nerve and retinal blood enter and exit, but our ...

Neuroscientists studying the eye’s blind spot have found that brain cells in the primary visual cortex, or V1, fire even when no light-sensitive cells are present on the retina. In monkey experiments, ...

Although humans' visual perception of the world appears complete, our eyes contain a visual blind spot where the optic nerve ...

In “The Country of the Blind,” Andrew Leland explores the history, the culture and the experiences of blind people. By Robert Ito In 2019, Andrew Leland began writing a book about blindness, even as ...