Category: Research Project 2

More on “Stereo Sue” from Oliver Sacks’ book

by lcamberato

Professor Sue Barry, dubbed “Stereo Sue” by neurologist Oliver Sacks in his book The Mind’s Eye, actually wrote her own book on her experience with Stereoblindness called Fixing my Gaze. I ordered it from my local library and will share quotes/notes when available. http://www.stereosue.com/

Short Interview with Oliver Sacks and Sue Barry.

In this video, Prof. Barry shares another example of her experience with Stereoblindness.

 

Neurologist & Professor, Sue Barry, gives an excellent Tedx Talk on Steroblindness

This presentation gives an incredible account on Sue Barry’s personal experience with Steroblindness. She explains the condition, the cure, and debunks research in detail.

Key Words/Phrases/Quotes from Tedx Talk:

  • Double-vision
  • Combined Input vs. Singular 
  • Eye turn
  • The Critical Period Theory- time in childhood for visual development
  • Developmental Optometrist & Vision Therapy
  • “In distance, everything seemed to jitter”
  • “Didn’t know to aim the eyes at the same place in the same space and time.”
  • Normal viewer (develop between 2 to 4 months of age)
    • Convergence action = while looking at a close object, aim eyes by turning eyes both in together 
    • Divergent action= turn both eyes out to aim that the more distant object
  • Prof. Barry learned to do the above at the age of 48
  • More on the Broch String: https://www.seevividly.com/info/Lazy_Eye_Treatments/Eye_Exercises/Brock_String
  • “An adult brain changes as a result of active learning. You have to become very self-aware. You have to learn how to change very entrenched habits into new ones. And these experiences have to be accompanied by a sense of novelty and a sense of accomplishment in order for you to continue with all the hard world and practice it is going to take. So if you read in a text book that something is not possible, it ain’t necessarily so.”

 

 

Cubist Paintings & Stereo Blindness: Could this be a way someone sees the world?

by lcamberato

According to Tate.org one of the main goals for a Cubist painter is to “…emphasized the two-dimensional flatness of the canvas instead of creating the illusion of depth.” They also mention that Cubist played around with multiple perspectives by layering images over one another. However, if you removed the cube-like layering and just focus on the idea of flattening a 3D image into only the 2D I gather this is what it would be like to see through the lens of Stereoblindness.

Juan Gris, Oil Painting, c. 1912.

 

George Braques, The Clarinet, Oil On Canvas, 1913
“Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902-04, oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 3/16 inches (73 x 91.9 cm) (Philadelphia Museum of Art)” khanacademy.org on Cubism and it’s influences.

 

Did you know Van Gogh may have been colorblind?

by lcamberato

I came across this in-depth slide presentation on Art and Perception while scouring the web for ideas for our next project. Among all the fascinating points the author presents he mentions the researcher Kazunori Asada who has convincing theories on the potential colorblindness of renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the presentation link, you can see more comparisons between Van Gogh’s actual paintings (image on left) against those through a colorblindness lens (image on right). Surprisingly, the latter leans more toward a realistic interpretation of the landscape. Asada’s theory totally threatens those made by art historians who link Van Gogh’s alternative color choices with his own emotional turmoil as noted in any Modern Art History 101 class.