Deficits, Adaptation and Cerebral Functional Reorganization of Visual Retinotopic Treatments During Normal and Pathological Aging (Age-related Macular Degeneration and Glaucoma)

The main objective of this research is to study the cognitive and cerebral mechanisms of the integration of central and peripheral visual information during normal and pathological aging (ophthalmological patients with AMD and glaucoma) through fMRI studies. To assess the effect of normal aging, research will be conducted on a group of young participants with normal vision and a group of elderly participants with normal vision. Each participant will be assessed once during an MRI (during which the brain activity and behavioral performance will be measured). In order to evaluate the effect of pathological aging, research will be conducted on AMD patients, glaucomatous patients, and age-matched controls (normal vision), evaluated only once during an MRI examination.