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Susan Barry
Neurobiologist | United States
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Cross-eyed since early infancy, neurobiologist Susan Barry saw the world in a very different way. Although she had three childhood operations, the pathways in her brain that allow for binocular vision did not develop normally; instead, she saw a flat, 2D world. Over 40 years later, she defied expectation by teaching herself to see in 3D. She recalls this experience in Fixing My Gaze. She has been featured on NPR and in a New Yorker article by renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks entitled “Stereo Sue.”
Latest book: Fixing My Gaze (Basic Books, 2009)
Susan Barry will participate in:
« What Does the Brain Do? Questioning Perception, Consciousness and Free Will », round-table, Tuesday, April 12th, The Institute for Public Knowledge.
“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” Isaac Newton