Our Research

The VIBRANT Study  

 (Vision Improvement through Behavioral Rehabilitaton And Neuroplasticity Training)

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. The Vision Improvement through Behavioral Rehabilitation And Neuroplasticity Training (VIBRANT) study is a unique and first effort to integrate visual behavior, neuroimaging, and neurorehabilitation in a single framework (see Figure below), with the long-term goal of achieving precision vision recovery.