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
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Yes, I can confirm that is planned 030
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I'm not aware of any. But lawsuits and other issues have been escalating for years now in the US: nonprofitquarterly.org/anti-dei-law...nonprofitquarterly.orgAnti-DEI Lawsuits Threaten Nonprofits, Philanthropies - Non Profit News | Nonprofit QuarterlyNew anti-DEI litigation is targeting nonprofits and philanthropies. 010
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I understand how painful all of this is, but I would just ask our European colleagues to not assume the worst and give us some modicum of empathy during all of this. The vast majority of us didn’t even know if we would still have jobs a month ago 100
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The Society is reliant on NEI funding, there are several grants available on RePorter to check. As a non-profit, the society is also required to comply with the federal rules or it could be dissolved. 100
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I am hesitant to say too much on a public platform, but yes you are not wrong and to my knowledge some private conversations like you describe are taking place. While not entirely secure, the Discord is a good starting place 010
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I can assure you there was not much choice in the matter. The board though long and hard about these changes and how to best implement them. It is unfortunate they had to happen at all, but it is far from the last action in this ongoing battle. 110
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Just like the anti-gay laws in Florida, the Society isn't going to roll over on every issue. Discussions will continue and we will find actions to be taken. 110
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I think it is safer to make a plan of action together as a group. But the group still has to exist for that to happen. Entire universities have lost their grants, not just individuals. As a non-profit, it could be dissolved overnight if found to be non-compliant with federal rules. 210
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025As a non-profit, the Society is also required to follow the federal policy or it can be dissolved 110
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Here is the updated committee page: www.visionsciences.org/networking-c... And the event is now the Networking Event (no link, but a screenshot to the event in the schedule) 020
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Just as the board had many discussions about leaving Florida, and ultimately decided to do so, I am certain they would be open to it! 100
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The sad reality for US scientists is nearly all funding is reliant on the federal government, with whom we are forced to comply with. VSS likewise must legally comply with the EOs or it will cease to exist and/or face criminal action. This is not complying in advance, it is fighting for survival. 100
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025It is not canceled, the name has been changed 110
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The workshop is not canceled. You will find a similar workshop with the same organizing committee (including FoVea and Visibility reps) in the schedule in the same time slot. 100
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I would strongly disagree, and argue that the good that VSS accomplishes for vision science goes far beyond using specific words in a code of conduct. 100
Matt Cavanaugh, PhD @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025As a US based non-profit, VSS had no choice in the matter. No one is happy about it, but that is the simple reality of science in the US right now. But the change of a word does not mean the morals or beliefs have changed. 100
