A recent Scientific Reports study investigated whether visual impairment (VI) affects mental disorders in the older population. Study: The association between visual impairment and mental disorders.

Visual impairment was associated with inadequate (short and long) sleep duration. Although prospective studies are needed to replicate the present findings, our study suggests that visual impairment ...

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People with visual difficulties were significantly more likely to take medication to help them sleep, but that could put them at risk for falls as well, a new study finds. “We found that self-reported ...

In brief: Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have determined that visual perception in humans – that is, how many "images per second" we can process – varies greatly from person to person. It ...