Capacity Crowd Hears Pawan Sinha Give 2016 McPherson Endowed Lecture

Pawan SinhaThe McPherson Eye Research Institute celebrated its 10th Anniversary with the 4th Annual Endowed Lecture on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Pawan Sinha, PhD, Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, spoke about “Learning to See Late in Childhood.”

His lecture focused on Project Prakash – an initiative restoring sight to blind children – and on his associated research, tracking visual learning and brain plasticity through a combination of behavioral and brain imaging studies.

Watch the lecture

4th Annual McPherson ERI Endowed Lecture Flyer

Alice McPherson at lecture

Pawan Sinha