Distinguished Speaker Series: Marlene Behrmann

On February 28th, Dr. Marlene Behrmann gave a talk titled “The Development, Hemispheric Organization, and Plasticity of High-Level Vision,” offering new insights into how the brain processes faces and words. While traditional research suggested a strict left-right hemisphere division—words in the left, faces in the right—Dr. Behrmann’s findings reveal a more flexible and distributed organization that differs across individuals. Her work highlights the brain’s adaptability, challenging long-held assumptions and advancing our understanding of visual processing.