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Clinical Trial Aims to Help Those with Macular Degeneration Find New Way of Seeing

The brain’s remarkable ability to reorganize itself to compensate for vision loss, the ability called plasticity, may be the key in helping those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) see better. This theory is the impetus behind a study between Emory Eye Center and the Georgia Institute of Technology (Psychology). Patients who have retinal damage because of AMD sometimes begin to see by using other parts of the intact retina. By “training” these patients to focus on using those good retinal cells, they may experience increased visual acuity. 

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Slide Presentation Author:  Eric H. Schumacher, PhD, School of Psychology,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Web site: www.psychology.gatech.edu/CoNTRoL

Images, Slides 3 and 4:  National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health