Dr. Oliver Sacks on The Mind's Eye

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
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Published 2011-10-20
In The Mind's Eye, physician and author Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, or the sense of sight.

Dr. Sacks recently visited the American Museum of Natural History to discuss his book and how he too has struggled with several perceptual conditions, from face-blindness to a loss of stereo vision due to ocular cancer.

Dr. Sacks' talk was recorded live on Oct. 17, 2011.


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All Comments (21)
  • @SH-fi6jc
    "I am the woman who mistook the doctor's bag for her handbag..." I am a man, yet this is so deep an allegory with the Doctor's book... God bless this man's soul...
  • @yossariancomplex
    An incredibly interesting man with incredibly interesting stories. He's a joy to listen to.
  • @pisceandreams5893
    This is the main thing in this World that many don't know about. Everything is about this eye. So many people think their is something wrong with them, and they suffer from depression and anxiety and lack of LIFE. I'm telling you for a fact that if you stop drinking unfiltered tap water that just doing that will make you feel better. I have found that everything has to do with what is already inside of us all along. When you come to this realization you will be in such amazement that you will be laughing at this whole thing. It is like the world was an illusion and now you can see everything! But it doesn't just happen overnight. I won't go any deeper for now,,but if anyone wants to talk I am here. Much love to you all!!
  • @taylorlaminty530
    16:20 The story of this women gaining stereographic vision and her experience in her first 3D snowfall is why I love the study of the human mind. I love imagining that feeling.
  • @bethechange243
    The fact that he asks not to take photos and ppl keep taking photos is like unbelievable
  • @amiosa35
    ahhh, this man is a gift to us!
  • @samala51
    Oliver is quite the incredible human being.
  • @blueelectricsmoke
    One of the most fascinating people alive in my opinion. I know he' s shy so I'm glad that you were able to have an evening with him (and share it with us).
  • @caramason56
    An inspiring, hilarious, and brilliant man 😊❤️😊❤️
  • @linrkirk
    to hear these thoughts, thank you
  • @akhilis89
    Inspirational talk and good sense of Humour.
  • @mariekatherine5238
    I discovered Dr. Sacks first book on Migraine on the shelf of my analyst. I ended up reading it before he did. One side of my family gets them, also, there are a number of unusual people coined “eccentric, black sheep, absent-minded professors, autistic,” and now, “on the spectrum.”” Oliver Sacks may have passed on, fascinating in itself, but his mind outlives him, how long, time shall tell. I can relate to some of the phenomena as I’ve had migraines with visual distortions, very poor depth perception, partial color blindness, synesthesia, and I don’t remember faces very well.