The Mind's Eye

Friday, May 30, 2008, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM,

This special presentation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art illuminated the complex and often surprising relationship between vision and the brain. In a wide-ranging conversation, Oliver Sacks and Robert Krulwich shed light on the interplay between what the eye sees and how the mind perceives it. Touching on topics including stereo vision, how the blind can be paradoxically hyper visual, and the mechanisms of visual hallucinations, this program added a new chapter to Sacks’ ongoing exploration into the fascinating mysteries of the brain and human experience.

Image © Elena Siebert

Participants

Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich is an award-winning radio and television journalist who has been called ‘the most inventive network reporter in television’ by TV Guide. He is an ABC News correspondent, NPR science correspondent, and co-host of WNYC's science documentary program, Radio Lab. read more

Oliver Sacks

Neurologist Oliver Sacks has spent a lifetime exploring a vast array of human experience – from Tourette's syndrome and autism to phantom limb syndrome and schizophrenia. His many best-selling books include Uncle Tungsten, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Awakenings, which became an acclaimed film. Sacks is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and a Columbia University Artist. His writings appear regularly in The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. read more

Venue:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art