Neuroscientist Stephen Macknik talks about creating artificial vision Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

Brain Science 166 features the return of neuroscientist Stephen Macknik. We talk about his recent work that is focused on developing a new visual prosthesis based on recent discoveries and techniques like optogenetics.
This episode is more technical than usual but Dr. Macknik makes the material accessible to all listeners.
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