Learning to See Late in Childhood

press release: McPherson Eye Research Institute, 4th Annual Endowed Lecture:  "Learning to See Late in Childhood"

Speaker:  Dr. Pawan Sinha, MIT

Project Prakash is an initiative that provides treatment to blind children in India, and follows the post-recovery development of visual skills in children whose vision is in some measure restored. Through a combination of behavioral and brain-imaging studies, the project has provided evidence of visual learning late in childhood, and has illuminated the processes behind this.  Pawan Sinha, PhD, the founder of Project Prakash and a Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, will discuss the project and his studies in an enlightening lecture.

Thursday, April 28th, 2016, Lecture, 4:00pm - Preceded by a reception, 2:30-4:00pm

Location:  DeLuca Biochemical Sciences Building, UW-Madison, 440 Henry Mall, Room 1211

Contact:  Gail Stirr, McPherson Eye Research Institute, 608-265-4023, info@vision.wisc.edu