Paul bach y rita biography books

American neuroscientist

Paul Bach-y-Rita (April 4, 1934 – November 20, 2006) was an American neuroscientist whose most notable work was in the field of neuroplasticity.

Bach-y-Rita was one of the first to seriously study the idea of neuroplasticity (although it was first proposed in the late 19th century), and to introduce sensory substitution as a tool to treat patients with neurological disorders.

Bach-y-Rita is known as "the father of sensory substitution".^[1]

Biography

Bach-y-Rita was born on April 4, 1934, in New York City to Anne Hyman and Pedro Bach-y-Rita,^[2] the latter a Catalan poet and teacher at City College of New York.^[3] He studied at the Bronx High School of Science, from which he graduated at the age of fifteen before studying at Mexico City College (now the University of the Americas in Puebla).

After his early education, he studied medicine at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He initially dr