Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2025We found an eyeball in the Cannon Building! #seewhatmatters @alexlw.bsky.social 020
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Found a new job title in the senate basement. #seewhatmatters 120
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Excited to partake in NAEVR/AEVR's #EmergingVisionScientist program this Fall! Will meet with members of Congress and present research to show the importance of visual research. Check out their new campaign to learn more about Vision Science Advocacy: www.seewhatmatters.org #SeeWhatMattersseewhatmatters.orgSee What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving ScienceThe National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j... 020
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 11/06/2025New review: What V1 Damage Can Teach Us About Visual Perception and Learning Since the 1800s, lesion studies have shaped what we know re: visual system. With a new ability to restore lost vision, we can use this tool to investigate plasticity and the basis of perception. doi.org/10.1146/annu...doi.orgWhat V1 Damage Can Teach Us About Visual Perception and Learning | Annual ReviewsIn humans, occipital strokes invariably damage the primary visual cortex (V1), causing a loss of conscious vision over large portions of the visual field. This unfortunate experiment of nature affects... 000
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Newest paper is out in TVST! Quantifying the natural history of hemianopia after stroke. In contrast to prior literature, fields in chronic stroke patients were more variable than expected, with interesting implications for recovery. tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...tvst.arvojournals.org Evolution of Visual Field Defects After Occipital Stroke: A Quantitative Analysis | TVST | ARVO Journals 000
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Next up: assessing what regions of the visual cortex are damaged following stroke! Poster 337, come by! #vss2025 000
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Come by VSS Posters 305 and 306 to hear about the latest in Cortical Blindness and rehabilitation! 000
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Congratulations to Hoover Chan for his Lifetime Service Award from VSS! Well deserved. 020
