Eyes on the Brain

A neurobiologist explores the amazing capacity of the brain to rewire itself at any age.

Susan R. Barry is a professor of neurobiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Mount Holyoke College and the author of Fixing My Gaze (June, 2009). See full bio

May 4, 2009

Getting Into Someone Else's Head: Part 1

Have you ever been at a street corner with audible traffic lights? The lights buzz or beep when it is safe to cross the street. These sounds are designed to help a blind person negotiate traffic. But do they work? Read More

April 15, 2009

Who's in charge: Me or my neurons?

Recently, I was talking to a friend about the way we think, perceive, and act, and he said, "a person is merely the result of his/her neural circuits." Does that mean that it is our neurons that are in control? Read More

April 13, 2009

Who's in Charge: Me or My Neurons?

April 1, 2009

How to Rewire Your Brain--And Vision

Imagine that you are a professor of neurobiology who, for the past seventeen years, has been lecturing to your students on the conventional wisdom about the brain. Then, quite unexpectedly, you discover through your own experiences, that the conventional wisdom is not so wise. This is exactly what happened to me. Read More

Books by Susan R. Barry, Ph.D.

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Neuroscience Basics

The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe, and in many ways it's the final frontier of science. A hundred billion neurons, close to a quadrillion connections between them, and we don't even fully understand a single cell.

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