Pathologies affecting central vision, and macular degeneration (MD) in particular, represent
a growing health concern worldwide, and the leading cause of blindness in the Western …

Normal aging results in pronounced optical and neural changes in the visual system.
Processes of adaptation are thought to help compensate for many of these changes in order …

While the aging population is growing, our knowledge regarding age-related deterioration of
visual perception remains limited. In the present study, we investigated the effects of aging …

The main goal of this review is to summarize and discuss (1) age-dependent structural
reorganization of mammalian visual cortical circuits underlying complex visual behavior …

Physical activity has been imputed to benefit both the physical and cognitive health of older
adults and has been promoted within the scientific literature as a process through which age …

Visual perception and attention declines with normal ageing, however their neural and
cognitive mechanisms in healthy and pathological ageing are yet to be fully understood …

Face perception is impaired in a variety of ways in older adults, but the mechanisms
underlying these changes remain unclear. A central theme of this dissertation is that task …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which affects around
50 million people worldwide. Besides impairment of memory and cognition, which are …