If one visual cortex is damaged, optokinetic nystagmus will be lost when objects move toward the side of the cortex lesion (that is, if they approach an individual from the side of vision impairment).
90-Year-Old Activist 'Granny D' Inspires Change, Walks Across Country. I learned a few very good things during my travels with Doris Granny D Haddock. The first, which sounds hackneyed, is that one person can make a difference. It's truer than I imagined.
Positive social change The City Year national leadership conference is taking place in Boston this week, celebrating the 25th anniversary of City Year. CY is a strong example of a social-change organization that is in the process of actually making an impact on a key social problem. CY's goal is specific and audacious: to improve the high school graduation rate in the nation's poorest-performing schools.