<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Shirley Dorris<div><div><div>615-598-5020-Cell</div><div>617-819-4632-NFB/MA</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>\u201cWalk by faith not by sight\u201dCOR 5;7</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> dticchi@comcast.net<br><b>Date:</b> June 14, 2025 at 11:57:52\u202fAM EDT<br><b>To:</b> ladyshirl519@gmail.com, sharawinton@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] National Convention Research Participation Request: Effects of visual experience on neurocognitive development</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NFBNet-Members-List <nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Andrews via NFBNet-Members-List<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 13, 2025 8:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] National Convention Research Participation Request: Effects of visual experience on neurocognitive development<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Subject: National Convention Research Participation Request: Effects of visual experience on neurocognitive development.<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <br><br>The below research participant solicitation is being provided for informational purposes only. The National Federation of the Blind has no involvement in this research, but we believe that it may contribute to our research mission.<br><br> <o:p></o:p></p><h2>Research Title: Effects of visual experience on neurocognitive development.<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <br><br>Being conducted by: Johns Hopkins University<o:p></o:p></p><h2> <br><br><br>Purpose of the Study<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We are conducting multiple research studies at the NFB annual convention 2025. Some of our studies will examine Braille reading and language comprehension among people who are born blind. We have previously found that people who are born blind show advantages during sentence comprehension, such as listening to sentences twice faster than sighted people. We plan to test the hypothesis that this advantage is driven from better use of prosodic cues. We also plan to investigate if these advantages can be found in Braille reading during a more naturalistic approach.<br><br>Another set of studies aims to uncover the rich knowledge blind individuals have about vision, light, and color. It is sometimes assumed that blind individuals know little about vision and visual phenomena, such as color and light. In our previous work, we have found instead that blind and sighted people alike have rich visual knowledge. For example, blind and sighted people alike know that two bananas are likely to have the same color, whereas two cars are not. Blind and sighted people alike know that staring is long and intense, whereas peeking is brief and flashing is periodic, whereas glowing is continuous. Our current research is following up on these experiments, revealing more of what blind individuals know about so-called 'visual' phenomena.<br><br> <o:p></o:p></p><h2>Role of the Participants and Anticipated Length of the Study <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The studies involve listening to short vignettes, listening to sentences, listening to tones, reading Braille, and answering questions. Each study takes approximately two hours.<o:p></o:p></p><h2>Proposed Participant Compensation<o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Yes, Participants will be compensated with a $15 gift card for taking part in a phone screening interview to determine whether they qualify. Participants who take part in the actual studies will be compensated $30 per hour for their time.<o:p></o:p></p><h2> <br><br><br>Link or Instructions for Participants to Enter the Study <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">To find out if you qualify and to sign up for a study appointment, please contact us by either calling (410) 870-9895 or emailing <a href="mailto:braillebrain@jhu.edu">braillebrain@jhu.edu</a> <br><br>Participants will be compensated with a $15 gift card for taking part in a phone screening interview to determine whether they qualify.<o:p></o:p></p><h2> <br><br><br>Contact the following individual with any questions <o:p></o:p></h2><p class="MsoNormal">Emily Silvano<br><br>4439911201<br><br><a href="mailto:braillebrain@jhu.edu">braillebrain@jhu.edu</a><br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>