EP70: Dr. Mel Goodale on the duplex account of high-level vision

I initially misinterpreted Dr. Goodale's research on the duplex account of high-level vision (listen to hear how), and yet his insights into visual perception are fascinating. We also touch on gas lighting (not gaslighting) and how that relates to visual perception of form; ultimately, it is humbling to recognize that there is much that physicians don't know (and didn't know) about neuroanatomy, physiology, and pathomechanisms of disease. Dr. Melvyn Alan Goodale, PhD, FRSC, FRS is a Canadian neuroscientist. He is a Distinguished University Professor and the founding Director of the Brain and Mind Institute at the University of Western Ontario. He holds appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Physiology & Pharmacology, and Ophthalmology at Western. Goodale's research focuses on the neural substrates of visual perception and visuomotor control; his research has demonstrated that visual perception is functionally independent of the visual control of action. He developed the “duplex” account of high-level vision with his colleague, David Milner. He was awarded the Donald O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award (CSBBCS) in 1999, the Hellmuth Prize for Scientific Achievement (Western) in 2007, and the Richard C. Tees Award for Distinguished Leadership (CSBBCS) in 2008. He is the author of Sight Unseen: An exploration of conscious and unconscious vision, 2nd edition.