Ep. 2: Vision with Dr. Keith Hengen

In today's episode, we review the neuroscience behind our visual system. Using material presented in Brain Facts published by the Society for Neuroscience, we talk about the retina, how we process visual information, the visual cortex, and binocular vision.

Our guest is Dr. Keith Hengen, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Within neuroscience, he is broadly interested in network dynamics, robust computation, plasticity & disease. His lab utilizes a combination of the latest systems neuroscience tools, theory, and molecular manipulations to answer questions about why we sleep, how our brain supports rich and diverse functions, and how disease can impact information moving through our networks of neurons.

Timestamps:

• (00:00:00 - 00:01:02) - Intro
• (00:01:02 - 00:22:55) - Vision Lesson (Ankit Only)
• (00:22:55 - 01:04:31) - Conversation with Dr. Hengen
• (01:04:31 - 01:05:50) - Outro

Website: https://sites.wustl.edu/slabb/study-aids/
Email: brainbeepodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @brainbeepodcast

Hosted by @iAnkitChoudhury. Advised by Dr. Erik Herzog. Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay.