In this last part of the interview, Dr. Ione Fine from the University of Washington talks about neural prosthetics - cochlear implants, retinal implants, and the outlook on cortical implants.
In this last part of the interview, Dr. Ione Fine from the University of Washington talks about neural prosthetics - cochlear implants, retinal implants, and the outlook on cortical implants.
Dr. Fine from the University of Washington talks about her interactions with her patient MM who recovered at age 43 from 40 years of blindness. His example is an illustration of the complexity of neural processing - and the opportunities...
In this first part of the interview, Dr. Fine from the University of Washington explains the basic mechanisms underlying neural plasticity - how the brain can change in response to the specific processing demands of an individual (e.g., by building...