Our Research

Background

Every year, over 12 million people worldwide suffer from stroke, which remains a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Cortical visual field defects affect 20% to 57% of stroke survivors, severely impairing navigation, reading, and quality of life. However, visual impairments are frequently left untreated, due in part to the long-standing assumption that such deficits are permanent. This clinical gap reflects a deeper theoretical bottleneck: we still lack a mechanistic understanding of how the adult visual system responds to cortical damage, and which conditions support functional recovery.