[Social-Sciences-List] Psychology

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Its nice to see that old and ongoing research about the ability of the London cab drivers and brain plasticity is continuing and bearing other fruit.  It would be nice to see how well it correlates with any blind people and if they have the same results.  

There are so many variables and so many things to control for, but I can easily see some positive correlations with many people utilizing their navigational abilities without much vision for a numb number of years.  I’ll take a look at my list of contacts to see what researchers I may be able to collaborate on this type of research.

 

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Arielle and others:

 

I heard a news story, the other day, which may yield some interesting blindness research. Sorry I don’6 remember where I read it.

 

The gist of the story is that they did a study and found that taxi drivers, and ambulance drivers – people who navigated a lot with non-GPS methods, had a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s.

 

I wonder if this might also be true for blind people. We navigate and hold maps in our head etc.

 

Dave

 

 

 

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Hi Mike,

I'm the director of research at the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and I have a doctorate in social psychology. You can read about our past research by visiting

www.afb.org/research <http://www.afb.org/research> 

I have done some research in the past on the psychological impacts of stereotyping on blind people, and on resilience for people with physical disabilities.

BTW I am also blind since birth.

Feel free to write me off list at

arielle71 at gmail.com <mailto:arielle71 at gmail.com> 

if you have more specific questions.

Best, Arielle

 

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 1:36 PM Michael Walker via Social-Sciences-List <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org <mailto:social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Hi,

Does this group do psychological research associated with mental health and blindness? I’ll start off by introducing myself.

I’ve been blind since birth. I earned my bachelors degree in information systems from the university of Missouri St. Louis. After college, I worked as a programmer analyst for Boeing for six years. I’m now working as an assistive technology analyst for Citibank. These experiences have taught me a lot about the implications of Accessibility.

One of my favorite mental health topics is the psychological effects of inaccessible systems. What types of research is being conducted on this? I know I feel overwhelmed when things aren’t accessible.

Thanks,
Mike
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