Important causes of dissatisfaction after cataract surgery are dysphotopsia (glare, halos, starbursts), requiring intraocular lens (IOL) exchange in 5.7% of cases. Optical parameters per se cannot explain why symptoms are different among patients, as no differences have been found in light scatter, aberrations, residual sphere and cylinder. Attempts to link optical outcomes and dysphotopsia have not proven an association between measurable aberrations and symptoms. This suggests the involvement of other mechanisms, possibly at the neural level. Because these symptoms tend to improve over time, it is thought that the brain adapts to those unwanted stimuli (neuroadaptation). In fact, our vision is determined by how the brain processes incomi...