Mountain athletes – alpine skiers, ski mountaineers, high-altitude climbers, trail runners competing at elevation – operate in an environment that systematically impairs the visual processing […]
The question of which reading format is easiest on the eyes has become more practically relevant as people have accumulated multiple devices and have genuine […]
The experience is distinctive enough that people who have had it tend to describe it the same way. There is a sudden increase in floaters […]
Saffron is not a compound that most people expect to encounter in a serious discussion of macular degeneration research. It is the world’s most expensive […]
Ask most people how long it takes for their eyes to adjust to the dark and they will say something like five minutes, maybe ten. […]
Most advice about lighting and eye strain stops at brightness. Avoid working in a dark room. Don’t let your screen be brighter than the room […]
Caffeine’s effects on human physiology have been studied more thoroughly than perhaps any other widely consumed psychoactive compound. Its adenosine-blocking mechanism, its effects on alertness […]
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new vision loss in working-age adults in developed countries. That single fact deserves a moment to register. In […]
If you want to find the human beings who have thought most carefully about visual performance, look past the ophthalmology clinics and the sports vision […]
Sometime in your early to mid-forties, something changes. You hold your phone a little further away. Restaurant menus become a lighting problem. You find yourself […]