[bcab] call for participants

Hello,

 

My name is Dr Julie Castronovo, I work at the University of Leeds in 
collaboration with the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. I am 
currently looking for blind people to take part in scientific experiments in 
neurosciences, and more precisely in numerical cognition. 

 

It's been 4 years now that I've been working on numerical cognition with blind 
people. My aim was mainly to show scientifically that vision is not necessary 
for people to elaborate numerical representations and abilities. My previous 
experiments conducted on this issue have led to two scientific publications in 
international journals on neurosciences. I've been doing my research mainly in 
Belgium, where I come from. I moved to Leeds in April and I am working now at 
the University of Leeds, where I am doing my post-doctoral research. Therefore, 
I am looking for new English congenitally or early blind people who would be 
keen on taking part in my experimental research. I'd like to emphasize that my 
research are essentially behavioural and do not involve intrusive or medical 
procedure. Moreover, participants get paid for their participation (£6/hour). 

 

To take part in the experiments, participants have to be congenitally or early 
blind (lost of vision in early infancy) without other disabilities. 
Participants will be asked to take part in very simple numerical tasks. The 
experiments will be held at the University of Leeds. However, if required I can 
come to participant's place in order to run the experiments. 

 

If you have any questions regarding my research or want to get further 
information about my scientific published papers before taking part in my 
project, do not hesitate to contact me. 

 

Thank you very much in advance for the attention paid to my request. I am 
looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Julie

 

 

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Julie Castronovo, Ph.D.

Institute of Psychological Sciences

University of Leeds,

Leeds, LS2 9JT

United Kingdom

E-mail: j.castronovo@xxxxxxxxxxx

Phone: (+44) (0) 113 343 5743

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