OPEN for Vision Impairment Research
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Online Participant Engagement Network (OPEN) for Vision Impairment Research connects people with visual impairments & vision impairment researchers https://sites.google.com/view/open-vi-research/
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Great talk by Telma Laurentino on inclusive evolution education @evokeproject.bsky.social !
May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great talk by Telma Laurentino on inclusive evolution education @evokeproject.bsky.social !
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Happy #InternationalGuideDogDay to our friends at @guidedogsuk.bsky.social and to all the wonderful canine helpers who support blind and partially sighted people!
April 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy #InternationalGuideDogDay to our friends at @guidedogsuk.bsky.social and to all the wonderful canine helpers who support blind and partially sighted people!
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More optional highlights:
Join us for dinner and/or a guided tour at UNESCO heritage sites: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral.
Book an excursion to Beamish, the Living Museum of the North.
Or pay a visit to our beautiful Botanic Garden
For more info see:
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Join us for dinner and/or a guided tour at UNESCO heritage sites: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral.
Book an excursion to Beamish, the Living Museum of the North.
Or pay a visit to our beautiful Botanic Garden
For more info see:
imrf2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
April 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
More optional highlights:
Join us for dinner and/or a guided tour at UNESCO heritage sites: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral.
Book an excursion to Beamish, the Living Museum of the North.
Or pay a visit to our beautiful Botanic Garden
For more info see:
imrf2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us for dinner and/or a guided tour at UNESCO heritage sites: Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral.
Book an excursion to Beamish, the Living Museum of the North.
Or pay a visit to our beautiful Botanic Garden
For more info see:
imrf2025.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
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She is finally published. Small sample but valuable insights. We've been studying audio-haptic integration in sighted and early- vs. late-blind (EB/LB) people. EB integrate optimally, while LB don't (likely switch cues).
Here, we're exploring the neural mechanisms of audio-haptic integration...
Here, we're exploring the neural mechanisms of audio-haptic integration...
Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @meike-scheller.bsky.social @michaelproulx.bsky.social et al.
Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals
The ability to reduce sensory uncertainty by integrating information across different senses develops late in humans and depends on cross-modal, senso…
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April 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
She is finally published. Small sample but valuable insights. We've been studying audio-haptic integration in sighted and early- vs. late-blind (EB/LB) people. EB integrate optimally, while LB don't (likely switch cues).
Here, we're exploring the neural mechanisms of audio-haptic integration...
Here, we're exploring the neural mechanisms of audio-haptic integration...
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Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @meike-scheller.bsky.social @michaelproulx.bsky.social et al.
Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals
The ability to reduce sensory uncertainty by integrating information across different senses develops late in humans and depends on cross-modal, senso…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Visual experience affects neural correlates of audio-haptic integration: A case study of non-sighted individuals www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @meike-scheller.bsky.social @michaelproulx.bsky.social et al.
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How can we make #evolution education truly inclusive?
Join our next EvoKE Webinar “Biodiversity for Belonging” with Telma G. Laurentino, as she shares 5 years of multisensory outreach breaking barriers in science education.
📅May 2nd, 2025 |4pm CET / 10am EST
🔗 bit.ly/3EopIvw
Join our next EvoKE Webinar “Biodiversity for Belonging” with Telma G. Laurentino, as she shares 5 years of multisensory outreach breaking barriers in science education.
📅May 2nd, 2025 |4pm CET / 10am EST
🔗 bit.ly/3EopIvw
EvoKE Webinar: Telma G. Laurentino
2nd May 2025 4PM CET/10 AM EST Telma G. Laurentino Informal Educator Attend webinar at EvoKE webinars are held on the first Friday of every month at 4 PM CET/10 AM EST (check&…
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April 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How can we make #evolution education truly inclusive?
Join our next EvoKE Webinar “Biodiversity for Belonging” with Telma G. Laurentino, as she shares 5 years of multisensory outreach breaking barriers in science education.
📅May 2nd, 2025 |4pm CET / 10am EST
🔗 bit.ly/3EopIvw
Join our next EvoKE Webinar “Biodiversity for Belonging” with Telma G. Laurentino, as she shares 5 years of multisensory outreach breaking barriers in science education.
📅May 2nd, 2025 |4pm CET / 10am EST
🔗 bit.ly/3EopIvw
Check it out - New research summary on Participant Permanence and Improving Research Involvement for People with Vision Impairment Through an Online Network sites.google.com/view/open-vi...
OPEN for Vision Impairment Research - Recent Research Summaries
Participant Permanence and Improving Research Involvement for People with Vision Impairment Through an Online Network
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March 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Check it out - New research summary on Participant Permanence and Improving Research Involvement for People with Vision Impairment Through an Online Network sites.google.com/view/open-vi...
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See here for a thread about our recent publication on the Online Participant Engagement Network for Vision Impairment Research @openviresearch.bsky.social
Excited to share our open access paper on enhancing research involvement for UK adults with vision impairment via our online interface! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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February 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
See here for a thread about our recent publication on the Online Participant Engagement Network for Vision Impairment Research @openviresearch.bsky.social
Excited to share our open access paper on enhancing research involvement for UK adults with vision impairment via our online interface! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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February 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Excited to share our open access paper on enhancing research involvement for UK adults with vision impairment via our online interface! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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(2022) A natural history of vision loss: Insight from evolution for human visual function www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @alealisousa.bsky.social @orlinst.bsky.social @michaelproulx.bsky.social
A natural history of vision loss: Insight from evolution for human visual function
Research on the origin of vision and vision loss in naturally “blind” animal species can reveal the tasks that vision fulfills and the brain's role in…
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February 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
(2022) A natural history of vision loss: Insight from evolution for human visual function www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... by @alealisousa.bsky.social @orlinst.bsky.social @michaelproulx.bsky.social
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Nice story by Livia Dyring on human echolocation in today's online edition of "The Otter". Pleased to see a mention of our fMRI work on the activation of primary visual cortex (V1) by echoes in expert blind echolocators.
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November 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Nice story by Livia Dyring on human echolocation in today's online edition of "The Otter". Pleased to see a mention of our fMRI work on the activation of primary visual cortex (V1) by echoes in expert blind echolocators.
theotter.ca/seeing-with-...
theotter.ca/seeing-with-...
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OPEN for Vision Impairment Research - Get Involved In Research
Evaluating an online experience sharing platform for blind and partially sighted people
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November 26, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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If you would like to advertise recruitment for a study you are conducting, please fill out the Research Registration form below.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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Check it out - recent research summarised here! sites.google.com/view/open-vi...
OPEN for Vision Impairment Research - Recent Research Summaries
Seeing Art Differently: Design Considerations to Improve Visual Art Engagement for People with Low Vision.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Check it out - recent research summarised here! sites.google.com/view/open-vi...
Get involved in Research ! sites.google.com/view/open-vi...
OPEN for Vision Impairment Research - Get Involved In Research
Evaluating an online experience sharing platform for blind and partially sighted people
sites.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Get involved in Research ! sites.google.com/view/open-vi...
Deafblind PhD student aims for Everest www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Deafblind PhD student aims for Everest
Karolina Pakenaite, a postgraduate researcher, is seeking to be the first deafblind student to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Deafblind PhD student aims for Everest www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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New paper! We studied how media, other social pressures, and our senses contribute to how we feel about our bodies by focusing on people with or without visual impairments. This work is open access and free for all to read journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @alealisousa.bsky.social
Sociocultural Pressures, Internalization, and Body Esteem in Congenitally Blind, Late-Blind, and Sighted Men and Women - Sara Dell’Erba, Meike Scheller, Alexandra A. de Sousa, Michael J. Proulx, 2024
Introduction: Visual experience has a substantial effect on how individuals construct a template of their own bodies in space. Whether the absence of total or p...
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April 28, 2024 at 9:04 PM
New paper! We studied how media, other social pressures, and our senses contribute to how we feel about our bodies by focusing on people with or without visual impairments. This work is open access and free for all to read journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @alealisousa.bsky.social
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Our paper on Visual impairment, visual media exposure, and body image -- I am catching up here 🦋
New paper! We studied how media, other social pressures, and our senses contribute to how we feel about our bodies by focusing on people with or without visual impairments. This work is open access and free for all to read journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @alealisousa.bsky.social
Sociocultural Pressures, Internalization, and Body Esteem in Congenitally Blind, Late-Blind, and Sighted Men and Women - Sara Dell’Erba, Meike Scheller, Alexandra A. de Sousa, Michael J. Proulx, 2024
Introduction: Visual experience has a substantial effect on how individuals construct a template of their own bodies in space. Whether the absence of total or p...
journals.sagepub.com
November 14, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Our paper on Visual impairment, visual media exposure, and body image -- I am catching up here 🦋