Erismann and Kohler: Inversion Goggles

"The movie documents a classic experiment conducted in 1950 by Ivo Kohler and Theodor Erismann at the university of Innsbruck, Austria. Erismann is the older person the movie, and Kohler, his research assistant at that time, is the person wearing the inversion goggles. Subtitles are all in German."

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Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 15, 2015
Category: Science | Experiments | 1950s | Eyes and Vision

Comments

I thought they'd finished their testing by 1944.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/15/15 at 11:36 AM

It is truly amazing how well the human brain can adapt to compensate for disabilities. The brain is the greatest super computer in existence.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/15/15 at 05:59 PM

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