Marlene Behrmann

University of Pittsburgh · company speakers →

How does the brain assemble a meaningful interpretation of the visual world from the sparse signals from the eyes? To address this, leveraging previous clinical experience, the speaker studies individuals in whom vision is abnormal at the level of the eyes or at the level of the brain. This session will discuss the use of a reverse engineering approach to elucidate the normal neural system from studies of an impaired system, has shed light on how humans recognize complex patterns such as words and faces, and how, in longitudinal studies, plasticity can lead to reorganization of visual cortex.

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