About this Research Topic
Low vision is an interdisciplinary field that spans from basic research in ophthalmology and brain science to clinical activity and everyday care. New technologies such as computational tools, artificial intelligence, and smart devices are more and more enriching the ways to address low vision impairments. Healthcare in low vision should take advantage of all these new possibilities by a coordinated action among all players. However, such a ramified landscape is a complex puzzle hindering the cross-fertilization among different domains (engineering, science, medicine) and goals (basic research, clinical research, and health care). Very often new results remain segregated, and the long-term impact of low vision rehabilitation care is reduced. The goal of this Research Topic is to start a transversal approach to low vision, by attracting scientific and medical leaders in low vision-related fields to discuss recent discoveries and unmet challenges.
This Research Topic provides the platform to combine the latest scientific discoveries in low vision research with innovative interventional procedures for managing impairments due to low vision. The main scope of the Research Topic is to constitute a reference frame for future researchers and clinicians interested in the fundamental mechanism of vision and its interactions with other sensory modalities and motor control, the ways to boost training procedures related to and beyond vision (e.g. sport), new approaches to improve/simplify visual rehabilitation. Starting from the assessment of the behavioral consequences of low vision, the Research Topic highlights the neuropsychological aspects related to low vision, the modifications in the brain dynamics brought by low vision, up to the current and exploratory clinical protocols to treat the different deficits associated with low vision.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research, Reviews, and Case Reports concerning the following topics and any related ones:
1. Theoretical Aspects
• Neuropsychology of Vision
• Vision-related Cognitive Neuroscience
• (Multi)Sensory-Motor integration
• Psychology of Vision
• Vision-related Human Neuroscience
• Adaptation to Vision Loss
2. Methodological Aspects
• New Technologies for Low Vision Rehabilitation
• AI and smart devices for vision rehabilitation
• Psychophysics
• Brain Imaging and Brain Stimulation
• Application of Virtual Reality in visual assessment and rehabilitation
This Research Topic provides the platform to combine the latest scientific discoveries in low vision research with innovative interventional procedures for managing impairments due to low vision. The main scope of the Research Topic is to constitute a reference frame for future researchers and clinicians interested in the fundamental mechanism of vision and its interactions with other sensory modalities and motor control, the ways to boost training procedures related to and beyond vision (e.g. sport), new approaches to improve/simplify visual rehabilitation. Starting from the assessment of the behavioral consequences of low vision, the Research Topic highlights the neuropsychological aspects related to low vision, the modifications in the brain dynamics brought by low vision, up to the current and exploratory clinical protocols to treat the different deficits associated with low vision.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research, Reviews, and Case Reports concerning the following topics and any related ones:
1. Theoretical Aspects
• Neuropsychology of Vision
• Vision-related Cognitive Neuroscience
• (Multi)Sensory-Motor integration
• Psychology of Vision
• Vision-related Human Neuroscience
• Adaptation to Vision Loss
2. Methodological Aspects
• New Technologies for Low Vision Rehabilitation
• AI and smart devices for vision rehabilitation
• Psychophysics
• Brain Imaging and Brain Stimulation
• Application of Virtual Reality in visual assessment and rehabilitation
Keywords: Low Vision, Cognitive Neuroscience
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