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Registration is now open for the next Perkins CVI Conference: Building Meaningful Recognition
January 25, 2024 Perkins hosts the 2024 CVI Conference: Building Meaningful Recognition on June 23–25, 2024 at the Revere Hotel, Boston. Click here to learn more!
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Lab research on CVI featured in Ophthalmology Times
January 15, 2024 Click here to read the article!
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Another substantial NIH grant!
October 2, 2020 We are pleased to announce that the Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity has been awarded another substantial NIH grant to continue its research on CVI in relation to […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Corinna Bauer who has been awarded substantial funding from the NIH/NEI.
September 11, 2020 Congratulations to Dr. Corinna Bauer from the Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity who has been awarded substantial funding from the NIH/NEI. This $2.16 million/5 year grant is entitled […]
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Conversations on CVI with Prof John Ravenscroft
August 5, 2020 Lotfi and Prof John Ravenscroft, Chair of Childhood Visual Impairment at University of Edinburgh, discussed why low vision is different from those children with only ocular issues and […]
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CVI Story on NEI: Vision loss in children whose eyesight may be 20/20 requires new diagnostic and teaching strategies
July 14, 2020 NEI-supported research lays foundation for rehabilitation of brain-based visual impairment. Click here to read the full article.
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Substantial NIH Funding Awarded!
May 4, 2020 We are pleased to announce that the Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity has been awarded substantial NIH funding to continue its research on CVI and visual impairment. This […]
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Perkins eLearning To Go: CVI – where do we go from here?
January 28, 2020 In the latest episode of Perkins eLearning To Go Podcast, Lotfi Merabet discusses his journey to becoming interested in CVI, successes he recognizes with research in this area, and […]
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The National Eye Institute (NEI) Seeks Input on Strategic Plan
November 22, 2019 Please consider responding to promote further research in CVIClick here to access NEI’s request, which includes a response section. On November 22, 2019, the National Eye Institute (NEI) issued […]
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Special Issue on CVI appearing in Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
October 1, 2019 Corinna Bauer and Lotfi Merabet contributed to the special issue on Cortical Visual Impairment in Seminars in Pediatric Neurology. click here to check all the articles.
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5th Annual 2019 Perkins CVI Symposium
July 12, 2019 On July 11 & 12, 2019 Perkins held it 5th Annual CVI Symposium. click here for more details and videos.
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At Possibilities Gala, Perkins unveils new initiatives addressing CVI
May 6, 2019 The annual event raised more than $1 million to support new and existing programs for children with visual impairment and multiple disabilities. click here to read the […]
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Visual Search in CVI: Novel Assessment Using Virtual Reality
February 20, 2019 Dr. Bennett gives a webinar for Perkins eLearning about his research. [Click here for video]
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Christopher Bennett, Ph.D., Awarded Research Grant from Knights Templar Eye Foundation
June 21, 2018 Dr. Bennett received a research grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation for his work on virtual reality simulations as assessments and training for individuals with CVI. Click here […]
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Blindness of the Brain: Explaining CVI
February 12, 2018 Dr. Merabet explains CVI for Mass. Eye and Ear Communications’ “Expert Chats” blog. Click here to read the article.
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Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear Postdoctoral Training Program awards 2017 Best Scientific Papers by trainees
November 10, 2017 Dr. Bauer recieves award for best scientific paper in the dry lab category! Click here for more details
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In Touch: Sitarist Baluji Shrivastav OBE and Corinna Bauer, Harvard research
April 12, 2017 Dr. Bauer is interviewed by BBC Radio 4. She explains her latest research into how the brain adapts to early vision loss. Listen for her between time […]
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Third Annual CVI Symposium: CVI Best Practices and Current Research presented by experts in CVI
April 7, 2017 Dr. Merabet presents at the Third Annual CVI Symposium at the Perkins School for the Blind. His presentation is titled “Visual Processing and the Impact of Damage […]
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Brain ‘Rewires’ Itself To Improve Hearing, Memory and Cognition in the Blind
March 29, 2017 Dr. Bauer and Dr. Merabet are recognized for their work, published in PLOS One, that shows the structural, anatomical and functional effects of being born blind. [Click here for […]
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Power Boost
March 24, 2017 Dr. Bauer explains her research on how the brain ‘rewires’ itself to enhance other senses in people who are born blind to the Harvard Medical School press. […]
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The Brains of Blind People Really Are Wired to Enhance Other Senses
March 22, 2017 Gizmodo.com interviews Dr. Bauer on her work on studying the structural, anatomical and functional whole-brain effects of being born blind. [Click here for full story]
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Brain ‘Rewires’ to Work Around Early Blindness
March 22, 2017 Dr. Bauer explains her researcon how the brain adapts to being born without sight. [Click here for full text]
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Virtual Reality For Better Vision
February 10, 2017 Fitness Insider announces the publication of a video article by Dr. Merabet on a virtual reality game that can help people who are blind better navigate public places. […]
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The Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity is Awarded the RPB/Lions Clubs Low Vision Research Award
June 27, 2016 Dr. Merabet is the recipient of the first RPB/Lions Clubs International Foundation, $300,000 Low Vision Research Award. [Click here for full story]
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Building Spatial Skills Through Video Game Play
January 27, 2016 Dr. Lotfi Merabet speaks on blindness and plasticity at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. [Click here for link]
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Neuroplasticity in blindness: what it tells us about the mechanisms of blindness
January 5, 2016 Dr. Merabet explains neuroplasticity in terms of blindness. [Click here for full story]
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Dr. Lotfi Merabet gives a talk during the NIH lecture series
September 15, 2015 Dr. Lotfi Merabet gives a talk during the 2015-2016 BSSR Lecture Series: “Looking Inside the Adaptive Brain of the Blind”. [Click here to watch the talk in-full]
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Parents create ‘visual bucket list’ for daughter who’s going blind – CNN
August 12, 2015 Dr. Lotfi Merabet, a professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, said with Lizzy’s parents’ support and “the support of the community, her life will be full […]
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Dr. Lotfi Merabet speaks about CVI on Radio Perkins at Perkins School for the Blind
July 16, 2015 Dr. Lotfi Merabet stops by Radio Perkins and Blind on Blind to discuss his past with Perkins School for the Blind, his present work and thoughts regarding […]
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Corinna Bauer, Ph.D., Receives Knights Templar Eye Foundation Grant for CVI Research
July 2, 2015 Corinna Bauer, Ph.D., a Senior Research Fellow at Massachusetts Eye and Ear’s Laboratory for Visual Neuroplasticity, has recently been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Knights Templar […]
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Boston University News: The Story of Laura Dewey Bridgman
June 1, 2015 Dr. Lotfi Merabet participates in a short documentary on the story of Laura Dewey Bridgman, known as the first deaf-blind American to receive an education in the […]
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Boston Magazine: The Power of Ideas
January 5, 2015 Dr Lotfi Merabet was interviewed as part of Boston Magazine’s “The Power of Ideas” symposium in November 2014. [Click here for the link]
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Blindness is Just Another Way of Seeing | Lotfi Merabet | TEDxCambridge
October 29, 2014 “Blindness has nothing to do with living in the dark. Behind eyes that don’t see is a brain that does see. In fact, blind people use the […]
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TEDxCambridge – Lotfi Merabet
August 25, 2014 Dr. Lotfi Merabet will be a speaker at TEDxCambridge’s Fall 2014 event hosted in Kendall Square on September 12th, 2014. [Click here for the TEDxCambridge Website] [Click […]
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How Gaming Can Help Blind People Navigate Buildings In Real Life
December 27, 2013 “Virtual reality is widely recognized as effective for training in aviation, medicine and combat – so why not in navigation for the blind?” [Click here for full […]
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MEEI Research ‘Sings’ at Bocelli Foundation Event
December 6, 2013 “Dr. Lotfi Merabet was a featured speaker at the Dec. 6 Challenges Workshop at MIT. Hosted by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF), the day-long event highlighted cutting-edge research that can produce innovative solutions […]
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Building the Braille Brain – NBP
September 16, 2013 “Understanding the inner workings of the human brain remains one of the greatest mysteries of modern science and medicine. However, while technology such as modern day brain […]
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Audio-based Virtual Gaming Aims To Help The Blind Navigate
April 1, 2013 “The findings could have implications for how visually impaired people — and possibly those without impairments — best learn to navigate unknown territory.” [Click here for full […]
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Video Game Uses Layouts, Audio Cues To Successfully Help The Blind Navigate Buildings
March 31, 2013 “A video game that uses a computer-generated layout of a building can help to prepare the blind to navigate the venue in real life by improving their […]
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How to Make a Video Game for the Blind
March 28, 2013 “You are equipped with a medical kit, a few grenades, a gun, a knife, your fists, and a computer to analyze your surroundings, and you must make […]
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Rethinking Visual Impairment: International Innovation – Research Media Ltd
March 12, 2013 “I view work in all of these fields as integrated and part of a continuum. – Dr. Merabet” [Click here for PDF]
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New Video Game Helps The Blind Navigate Using ‘Virtual Maps’ – NPR-WBUR News
November 8, 2011 “Lotfi Merabet, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, is developing a video game designed to help the blind find their way through […]
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“Playing by Ear” – SCIENCE NewsFocus
September 30, 2011 “Audio-based computer games are helping blind volunteers learn navigation skills and may unlock mysteries of the sightless mind.” [Click here for PDF]
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How Video Games Assist the Visually Impaired – NBC News Technology
March 12, 2011 “There are two things that make optometrist and neuroscientist Lotfi Merabet’s new computer game unusual: The various rooms and corridors in the game exactly mirror a real place, […]