<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Everybody,<div><br></div><div>My name is LIndsay Yazzolino, and I recently completed my undergrad degree in cognitive science from Brown University. I currently work as a full-time research assistant at MIT and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. The research in which I am involved focuses on investigating how blind people use brain areas normally devoted to vision for other nonvisual functions such as language, memory, and spatial navigation. I am also interested in language cognition and in understanding how experience influences the development of brain functions. I've found that research with blind populations can serve as a fascinating approach to understanding more about the brain in general, and I plan to pursue my own research in similar areas once I am in grad school. There is still so much we don't yet know about the brain, and I find it very exciting to be involved in this research! I am still deciding on the type of graduate programs I would like to apply for.</div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to connecting with others on this list, and particularly would love to connect with other blind professionals/students in neuroscience. One challenge which I know I will encounter is working with neuroimaging data, and I am wondering if there are others who are in a similar position.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to write me off-list if you would like to chat about cognitive science, research, etc. Look forward to connecting with many of you!</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Best,<div>Lindsay</div><div><br></div><div>Lindsay Yazzolino</div><div>Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology</div><div>Phone: (425) 417-9239</div><div><a href="mailto:Lindsay3.14@gmail.com">Lindsay3.14@gmail.com</a></div></span>
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<br><div><div>On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:38 PM, T. Audrey Medina wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi all,<br><br>My name is Audrey Medina. I'm at the University of Oregon pursuing a Ph.D.<br>in counseling psychology with a specialty area in disability studies. I'm<br>in the process of deciding on a dissertation topic and looking forward to<br>hearing about your research and your strategies for addressing access<br>barriers. Hope everybody's enjoying the summer!<br><br>-Audrey<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org">social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a><br>[mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle<br>Silverman<br>Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 9:32 PM<br>To: Blind Social Scientists List<br>Subject: [Social-sciences-list] Welcome and Introductions<br><br>Hi all,<br>As the moderator for this new social-sciences list, I first want to welcome<br>everyone who joined. I noticed about 25 email addresses on the subscription<br>roster and thought it might be nice if everyone could briefly introduce<br>themselves and perhaps say a bit about what you are hoping to get out of<br>being on the social-sciences list.<br>My name is Arielle Silverman, and I am a doctoral student in experimental<br>social psychology at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I am planning to<br>graduate in the spring of 2014 and am interested in becoming a research<br>professor either at a university or at an institute which studies disability<br>issues. My primary goal is to investigate the underlying causes of the<br>psychological barriers that people with disabilities face to integration,<br>both the barriers that we have internalized ourselves and the ones that come<br>from negative social attitudes. The bulk of my research training has been<br>quantitative, although I would like to eventually collaborate with<br>qualitative scientists as well.<br>I look forward to hearing from you and learning who you are!<br>Best,<br>Arielle<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Social-sciences-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Social-sciences-list@nfbnet.org">Social-sciences-list@nfbnet.org</a><br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/social-sciences-list_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for<br>Social-sciences-list:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/social-sciences-list_nfbnet.org/tmm326%40g<br>mail.com<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Social-sciences-list mailing list<br>Social-sciences-list@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/social-sciences-list_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Social-sciences-list:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/social-sciences-list_nfbnet.org/lindsay3.14%40gmail.com<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>