Read the latest update in YFile. Our vestibular system helps us self-orient relative to gravity. But what can astronauts, living in the absence of gravity, teach us about our spaces? How do we know which way is up? Are things always exactly as far away as they seem? How do people orient themselves in time and […]
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Video - Rick Wildes & Helping Surgeons Live in the Moment
Surgical plans are imperfect guides, but new technological tools could help lighten the load for surgeons doing complex, delicate work. Every day in the operating room, surgeons make complex visual transformations in their minds. Any pre-operative information that they have based on medical imaging is usually static; however, during surgery there are many moving parts. […]
Mobility Assessment Technology Tool (MATT)
Dr. Lauren Sergio, a VISTA Core Member, and her team have recently developed a tool that assesses decline in mobility in aging patients. The Mobility Assessment Technology Tool (MATT) is a user-friendly, low-cost, non-invasive, computerized vision system that objectively and reproducibly measures gait or balance mobility of a patient based on the standard Tinetti kinesiology […]
Video – Doug Crawford & What Do You See?
Vision shapes so much of people's interaction with the world. One researcher is delving into how it all works in a unique way. So much of the brain is involved in vision and visual perception that almost any brain damage can have an impact not only on how a person sees, but also on how a […]
