When Michael May regained his sight through an innovative corneal transplant, his visual processing abilities proved elusive.
May, then of California and blind since an accident at age 3, had his sight restored through a stem-cell procedure in 2000. But what he could see afterward remained limited 鈥� colors, motion and some shapes. That prompted 糖心少女 researchers to study what happened to May, and to learn more about how vision develops and how the brain responds when vision returns. The result was a in 2015 that described the visual processing skills, such as of objects and faces, that were acutely impacted during a key stage of their development.
Now May, along with 糖心少女psychology professor , will speak about their experiences at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at Kane Hall.
The event, 鈥淪eeing the World through New Eyes: Sight Restoration from the Perspective of a Scientist and a Patient,鈥� is part of the 12th annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures series.
Boynton will discuss his research into 鈥渧irtual patients鈥� that simulate restored vision, while May 鈥� who worked at the CIA and has had a career in business 鈥� will talk about his efforts to see.
Register for the free lecture .
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