Man with restored sight provides new insight into how vision develops
Man with restored sight provides new insight into how vision develops
- April 16, 2015
- Research by Alyssa Brewer, cognitive sciences assistant professor, is featured by BrightSurf.com Apr. 16, 2015
From BrightSurf.com:
California man Mike May made international headlines in 2000 when his sight was restored
by a pioneering stem cell procedure after 40 years of blindness…. . But in a paper
now available online in Psychological Science, they report that May -- referred to
in the study as M.M. -- continues to perform significantly worse than sighted control
group participants. The conclusion: May's vision remains very limited 15 years after
the surgeries. Though disappointing, the results provide valuable information that
can help researchers better understand how vision develops and which visual processing
tasks are most vulnerable to sight deprivation. … Other co-authors … Alyssa Brewer
at the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/108837/Man_with_restored_sight_provides_new_insight_into_how_vision_develops_.html.
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