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Dr. Coughlan’s Bar Code Reader, BLaDE, Featured in Scientific American
August 11th, 2015
Work by Drs. James Coughlan and Ender Tekin on bar code readers as an accessibility tool is discussed in Scientific American. The work with using these tools is specifically focused for people who are blind or who have visual impairments.
Dr. Suzanne McKee Awarded 2015 Davida Teller Award
May 19th, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne McKee who was awarded the 2015 Davida Teller Award by the Vision Sciences Society (VSS).
NEI NRSA Fellowship Award Issued to Dr. Natela Shanidze
April 22nd, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Natela Shanidze who was awarded a three-year fellowship from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Likova’s Research on the Power of Drawing Featured in National Endowment for the Arts Webinar
March 20th, 2015
On March 18, 2015, Dr Lora Likova’s work on how learning to draw promotes brain plasticity and can serve blindness rehabilitation was featured in a live National Endowment for the Arts webinar on Visual Arts, Learning, Coping.
ABCs for Therapists Blog Post about Dr. Likova’s Blind Drawing Training
March 1st, 2014
A recent posting on the therapeutic value of the brain reorganization brought about by Lora Likova’s blind drawing training paradigm may be found here: abcsfortherapists.com/drawing-intervention-yields-promising-changes-in-the-brain
Drawing Enhances Memory and Brain Plasticity Featured in Dana Foundation News
January 13th, 2014
An online article in Dana Foundation News about the art/science relationships underlying Lora Likova’s blind training paradigm is available here: www.dana.org/News/Visualizing_Art.
United Academics Highlights Dr. Likova’s Research on Brain Reorganization through Drawing
June 17th, 2012
An online article about the implications of Lora Likova’s work for the visual memory of artists can be seen here.