[BlindResearch] Glad to have been invited to join the list

[Marina Bedny]

Hello everyone,

Getting nice notes from people and realizing I didn’t send any information about our research in my email. We are cognitive neuroscience laboratory at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. We conduct research on how life-time experience shapes the human mind and brain. A key direction of research compares cognition and brain function in people with different visual histories. We are interested in the plasticity of the brain. What new functions are supported by the so called “visual” parts of the brain in people who are born without sight?  What perceptual and cognitive enhancements are observed in blindness and why? We also study the neural and cognitive basis of conceptual knowledge among individuals who are blind and those who are sighted.

Look forward to hearing more from people on this list.

Marina

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Marina Bedny
Assistant Professor
Psychological & Brain Sciences Department
Johns Hopkins University
http://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/bedny-lab/
mbedny1 at jhu.edu<mailto:mbedny1 at jhu.edu>






On May 27, 2018, at 3:19 PM, Gaylen Kapperman via BlindResearch <blindresearch at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindresearch at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

I am writing to add my appreciation to  that which has already been voiced for being included on the list. I am a professor emeritus at northern Illinois University where I continue to work on problems faced by persons who are blind  or visually impaired.  One of my major efforts currently is in the area of  provision of meaningful instruction in sex education for persons who are blind, totally without any useful sight.  It is a very interesting topic fraught with all types of challenges for the researcher.  If anyone is interested in joining me in this effort, my contact information is listed below.
Sincerely,
Gaylen Kapperman
Professor Emeritus
Visual Disabilities Program
College of Education
Graham Hall 231
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-8453
gkapperman at niu.edu<mailto:gkapperman at niu.edu>


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