#167 - Susan R Barry on COMING TO OUR SENSES

Neuroscientist Sue Barry, aka "Stereo Sue", chats with Trey Elling about COMING TO OUR SENSES: A BOY WHO LEARNED TO SEE, A GIRL WHO LEARNED TO HEAR,  AND HOW WE ALL DISCOVER THE WORLD. Questions include: Who is Liam, and how did modern medicine allow him to see after years of being legally blind? (01:46) How does 'museum fatigue' help explain some of Liam's difficulties when initially gaining better eyesight? (09:31) Why do the newly sighted see lines, edges, and contours instead of whole objects? (12:50) How did Liam handle reflections? (15:05) Why did Liam struggle with facial expressions, other than 'happy' and 'sad'? (18:40) How did she connect with Zohra, and what was she like back then? (24:07) What is sound, and how do we hear it? (29:16) How much did Zohra's cochlear implant affect her vision? (31:34) How was Zohra's love for the rain when she couldn't hear anything enhanced by her cochlear implant? (37:10) Why did Zohra struggle to understand speech more than general sounds? (40:22)