Neuroscience
My eye doctor was interviewed by Oliver Sacks last year! He wrote about her in the New Yorker! (that's about as close as I'll come to being published in the New Yorker, so I'm rather excited).
Here's the deal: Dr. Theresa Ruggiero prescribed vision therapy for both "Stereo Sue" and me (tho' not at the same time). We both had miraculous recoveries of our stereo vision. Truly amazing, in my experience -- my biggest revelation was three dimensional vision, especially on paper, and especially with colors.
Stereo Sue had an equally amazing experience, which she shared with Oliver Sacks, who wrote the aforementioned article about it. If you want to read that, you can go to you local library & look it up in Academic Search Premier, LexisNexis, or another database with the full-text of the New Yorker.
Here are the details:
STEREO SUE. By: Sacks, Oliver. New Yorker, 6/19/2006, Vol. 82 Issue 18, p64-73.
She was also recently on NPR's Morning Edition -- read about her experiences on the NPR site, see photos of her (including one with Dr. Ruggiero & Oliver Sacks) then track down the New Yorker article.
Fascinating stuff!
- Npr "fresh Air": Oliver Sacks Talks About Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Exploring How Hallucinations Happen: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164817448/fresh-air-weekend-oliver-sacks-and-oddly-normal?ft=1&f=13...
- Amnesia In The New Yorker
From the current issue of The New Yorker: The Abyss Music and amnesia by Oliver Sacks September 24, 2007 The experience of Clive Wearing and his spouse, Deborah. [ ... Read the article ... ]...
- Awakenings At Columbia
From The New York Times: Oliver Sacks Joins Columbia Faculty By MOTOKO RICH September 1, 2007 Attracted by his breadth of interests, ranging from schizophrenia to music, Columbia University has appointed Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and writer, as its...
- About Vision Therapy, Ii
I get so many hits on my blog for vision therapy, mostly looking for material about Stereo Sue, so I take it for granted that all of my visitors know what vision therapy is. Bad librarian! It's hard to find a good definition online of vision therapy...
- Links For Vision Therapy
If you're interested in learning more about vision therapy, behavioral optometry, or developmental optometry (in reference to my post about Stereo Sue and my eye doctor), here are some links which will provide additional information. First, according...
Neuroscience
Stereo Sue and me
My eye doctor was interviewed by Oliver Sacks last year! He wrote about her in the New Yorker! (that's about as close as I'll come to being published in the New Yorker, so I'm rather excited).
Here's the deal: Dr. Theresa Ruggiero prescribed vision therapy for both "Stereo Sue" and me (tho' not at the same time). We both had miraculous recoveries of our stereo vision. Truly amazing, in my experience -- my biggest revelation was three dimensional vision, especially on paper, and especially with colors.
Stereo Sue had an equally amazing experience, which she shared with Oliver Sacks, who wrote the aforementioned article about it. If you want to read that, you can go to you local library & look it up in Academic Search Premier, LexisNexis, or another database with the full-text of the New Yorker.
Here are the details:
STEREO SUE. By: Sacks, Oliver. New Yorker, 6/19/2006, Vol. 82 Issue 18, p64-73.
She was also recently on NPR's Morning Edition -- read about her experiences on the NPR site, see photos of her (including one with Dr. Ruggiero & Oliver Sacks) then track down the New Yorker article.
Fascinating stuff!
- Npr "fresh Air": Oliver Sacks Talks About Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Exploring How Hallucinations Happen: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164817448/fresh-air-weekend-oliver-sacks-and-oddly-normal?ft=1&f=13...
- Amnesia In The New Yorker
From the current issue of The New Yorker: The Abyss Music and amnesia by Oliver Sacks September 24, 2007 The experience of Clive Wearing and his spouse, Deborah. [ ... Read the article ... ]...
- Awakenings At Columbia
From The New York Times: Oliver Sacks Joins Columbia Faculty By MOTOKO RICH September 1, 2007 Attracted by his breadth of interests, ranging from schizophrenia to music, Columbia University has appointed Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and writer, as its...
- About Vision Therapy, Ii
I get so many hits on my blog for vision therapy, mostly looking for material about Stereo Sue, so I take it for granted that all of my visitors know what vision therapy is. Bad librarian! It's hard to find a good definition online of vision therapy...
- Links For Vision Therapy
If you're interested in learning more about vision therapy, behavioral optometry, or developmental optometry (in reference to my post about Stereo Sue and my eye doctor), here are some links which will provide additional information. First, according...