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How brains learn to see

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Pawan Sinha |

TEDIndia 2009

• November 2009

Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain's visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and then study how their brains learn to interpret visual data. The work offers insights into neuroscience, engineering and even autism.

Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain's visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and then study how their brains learn to interpret visual data. The work offers insights into neuroscience, engineering and even autism.

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Pawan Sinha

Visual neuroscientist

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Pawan Sinha researches how our brains interpret what our eyes see -- and uses that research to give blind children the gift of sight.

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