Visual snow is a neurologic condition in which a person’s vision is altered in several ways, chief among them is seeing innumerable small flickering dots where none exist. Researchers have likened the ...

Figure 1. Visual field tests show peripheral visual field abnormalities. Figure 2. Macular OCT demonstrates granular disruption of the ellipsoid zone with sparing of the fovea in both eyes. Figure 3.

Sierra Domb, founder and CEO of the Visual Snow Initiative.Sierra Domb Sierra Domb is the CEO and founder of the Visual Snow Initiative and has visual-snow syndrome. Visual snow recently came to light ...

New research reveals people with visual snow syndrome experience heightened face pareidolia, mistaking everyday objects for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Causes of visual snow included mild traumatic brain injury and neurological disease. Symptoms ranged from ...

An ocular migraine (retinal migraine) is a migraine that causes temporary vision loss in one eye. The term ocular migraine can also be used to describe migraine with aura. A migraine aura causes ...

Jessica Taubert receives funding from The Australian Research Council. When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That’s “face ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sierra Domb, founder and CEO of the Visual Snow Initiative, about her journey with visual-snow syndrome — a neurological condition where people ...

When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That's "face pareidolia" and it is a perfectly normal illusion where our brains spot faces ...