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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🧠 Big welcome to Jackie Ferraro, who’s joining our team as a doctoral researcher! Jackie explores how kids with Cerebral Visual Impairment experience cluttered spaces like classrooms and shops. She’s got a cool mix of neuroscience, psychology, and creative arts in her background.🎉 #CVI #AcademicLife

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Still buzzing 🐝 after a fantastic day at #OTAUS2025 My #PosterSkirt was a great conversation starter 👗 Such a warm welcome from OT Australia. Sharing behind-the-scenes with you here. Massive thanks to astroradioleah.bsky.social‬ as sewing teacher and to Imy (10) for making video “less cringe”

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Looking forward to learn about OT stroke services. We were off to a great start with Ellen Druce on supporting patients with their independent practice, Tayla Grant on activity based rehab in in-patient settings, and Natasha Lannin and Sally Day on falls prevention #OTA2025

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Getting ready for conferences and lab visits in Brisbane. If you're attending 🧠 #OHBM2025 👀 #IOC2025 🤯 #PacificRim2025 or you're just in Brisbane between 28th June and 5th July, get in touch! I would love to talk all things brains, eyes, and neuropsychology.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Started a slightly different project recently with Leah Morabito! It has everything I love: learning something new, creative problem solving, and a high nerdiness level 🤓 Result will be revealed in a few weeks.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🧠🎓 Funded PhD opportunity @durhampsych.bsky.social! Explore why cluttered spaces are hard for kids with brain-related visual impairment. 4 yrs funding by @fightforsight.bsky.social | Start Oct 2025 🔗 Details: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #PhD #ChildHealth #Neuropsychology #VisualImpairment

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Anna Forringer-Beal @annaf-b.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Are you a Dutch & English fluent researcher looking to work on an anti-trafficking policy project? Check out the Leverhulme Project, 'Interpreting the Governance of Human Trafficking Law' led by @nicktur.bsky.social #academicjobs #research #jobs #postdoc www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Research Associate - ‘Interpreting the Governance of Human Trafficking: explaining policy practice’:Gent,Belgium

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We are taking a little break from posting educational videos to focus on our research. In the meantime, you can find all our previous videos in this playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 👩‍⚕️🎓🆓

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Visual Perception difficulties after a brain injury - YouTube

Series of short videos on visual perception difficulties after a brain injury and how to support people with such difficulties. Can be used as Continuous Pro...

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This week's training video is about our own Oxford Visual Perception Screening test for vision issues after a stroke. Screen for object and face recognition difficulties, reading impairments, neglect, visuospatial issues and more in 15 min with this paper-and-pen test. youtu.be/uXQPMTw4l5Q

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The Oxford Visual Perception Screen

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

One week left! It's only 5 minutes and you get a bunch of FREE training resources at the end. We want to hear from @britishneuropsych.bsky.social @bios-orthoptics.bsky.social @aotinews.bsky.social @theotshow.bsky.social Completed + share with your networks and show us the magic of BlueSky.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We're back again with a new video on assessing visual perception difficulties. This time we focus on object agnosias. How to easily tell apart associative, apperceptive agnosia and optic aphasia. 🧑‍🎓🩺🧠 Find out: youtu.be/1W4F7Wp0qcA

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Assessment of object agnosias

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We continue our video series with another one on assessment. This time, we explore tools for assessing perceptual organisation. What are your favourite instruments? youtu.be/41gXzWypYQw @durhampsych.bsky.social @britishneuropsych.bsky.social

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Assessment of Perceptual Organisation

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Masud Husain @masudhusain.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

One way to comprehensively assess visual functions after a brain injury is with the Birmingham Object Recognition Battery. We briefly introduce the BORB in the our latest video. youtu.be/93pDcSTki20

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Birmingham Object Recognition Battery

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A very exciting day! After 7 years with @neledemeyere.bsky.social, the first paper on the Oxford Visual Perception Screen got published! OxVPS is a new free and simple tool to screen stroke survivors for visual perception problems. OxVPS: oxvps.webspace.durham.ac.uk Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0269...

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Home - Oxford Visual Perception Screen

The Oxford Visual Perception Screen or OxVPS is a screening tool that checks for a wide range of visual perception problems after brain injury such as object recognition, face recognition, reading, ey...

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Next up in our series on assessment instruments for visual perception issues after a stroke: the OT-APST youtu.be/9B1492nkcsg Have you use it before? What are your experiences?

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Occupational Therapy Adult Perceptual Screening Test

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

In our next videos on visual cognition difficulties after a brain injury, we'll cover ways to assess and screen for it. First up is the Rivermead Perceptual Assessment Battery youtu.be/A_95-A57RO4

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Rivermead Perceptual Assessment Battery

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Simultanagnosia???? It's difficulties with seeing more than one thing at the time and can happen after brain injury. 📽️ Learn more in our video youtu.be/IyzJbgbK1Iw Check out the whole series 📽️ Training for health professionals 🧑‍⚕️🏥

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What is Simultanagnosia?

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Optic aphasia! Is it agnosia 👁️? Is it aphasia 👄? It's a bit of both: difficulties with naming objects when shown visually. Check out our video to learn more: 🧑‍🎓https://youtu.be/UUFHO4SQhwY @durhampsych.bsky.social

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Next up in our series of visual perception conditions: Associative Agnosia. 🏫🧑‍🎓 After a brain injury people can have difficulties with recognising object. 🧠🚲 Find out what's happening in their brain here youtu.be/AWqhjwF0Crw

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What is Associative Agnosia?

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Amy Pearson @dramypearson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A lovely 3rd year student of mine is looking for participants for her dissertation on victimisation and masking among autistic people: CW for questions on experiences of violence. Any reshares/time much appreciated. No funding attached. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Apperceptive agnosia. That's a mouth full! It's basically issues with building a coherent picture out of all the colours and shapes that catch our eyes. 🧑‍🎓 Learn more here youtu.be/KlHUJ5yGsmk

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Apperceptive agnosia

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Ever heard of Anton's syndrome? It's a rare but strange condition. 👨‍🎓 After an injury to the back of the brain, a person can become blind but they are totally unaware that they can't see. Their brain does not realise that they can no longer see. 🧑‍🦯 youtu.be/99uIRwnga3Q?...

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What is Anton syndrome?

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hallucinations is not always a sign of a mental health condition, it can happen after a brain injury too. Learn about Charles Bonnet syndrome in our video youtu.be/E3dH7XKa8n4 If you want to read more check out www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk @durhampsych.bsky.social

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

What's sensory vision and what can be challenging after a brain injury? Check out the video by Dr Alison Lane from @durhampsych.bsky.social youtu.be/qAKXycWERH0?...

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What is Sensory Vision?

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

What are the different stages of visual perception? Find out in our newest video in our 🧑‍🎓training series for health professionals 🏥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DKH...

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Steps in Visual Processing

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We're starting 2025 with a new series of CPD videos 🎓 for health professionals. 🆓 Feel free to share and use as you like! 🏭 Made by @durhampsych.bsky.social First up, what is visual perception? Is it the same as vision? Is it visual inattention? youtu.be/gEVObD2yY3M

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What is Visual Perception?

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

👩‍⚕️ OTs and Orthoptists 👨‍⚕️ New survey about current practice of visual perception difficulties after a brain injury: tinyurl.com/mpbebbmt. Results will inform new training and clinical tools. ⏳ 5-10 min 🏆 15 free posters about visual perception difficulties + rehab advice, see 🔽. Thank you!!

Achromatopsia poster. It shows a drawing of glasses. In one lens you can see letters in all colours. In the other lens, the same letters are in black and white. At the bottom there are come colouring pencils. A cartoon character is pointing to the yellow pencil and says 'what colour is this?' another character is saying 'yellow'. At the top is a post-it note that says '22% of stroke survivors will have some form of achromatopsia'. The main text reads: "This refers to a difficulty recognising or perceiving colour. The world can appear in shades of grey, or just look more dull. This can make it hard to tell the difference between similar shades of colours such as yellow and green. Difficulties can be restricted to either the left or right side of vision, or can cover both sides. There is no cure for achromatopsia, but managing its symptoms can look like: asking others to point out the colours of things, wearing tinted lenses to help with light sensitivity, using technology like apps to identify colour"

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Reading difficulties after a stroke are common. One type is neglect dyslexia. People misread words because they are not aware of the first or last letters of the word. Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20714712/ Infographic by Bella Belbali

Infographic on neglect dyslexia. The text say: This can involve consistent letter omission, additions, and substitution errors on either the left or right side of a word reading individual words. 61% of people who had a stroke have more difficulties with reading then people of a similar age who had not had a stroke. Treatment can include: sounding out letters phonetically, using technology, speech and language therapy. For example, a word-level reading error (if the left side of your vision was affected) could mean that you read the word "blend" as "lend". There is a picture of an older gentleman sitting in an armchair with a hot drink. It also shows a notebook with part of the text blurred.

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Dr Sam S. Webb @drsamswebb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I'm recruiting for my co-production workshops with health care workers involved in stroke and cognitive assessment at #UKSF24 If interested in helping out, please get in touch or grab me in the lobby today :) we hope to run these workshops in the new year.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Excellent first day at #uksf24. Dr Kate Cowen did an excellent job presenting our poster. Lots of interest. Sessions on health inequality and co-production already gave me some ideas on how we can improve our research.

Dr Kate Cowen is standing in front of a scientific poster. She is explaining it to a crowd of about 15 people all gathered around her. One lady is carrying a large red balloon in the shape of the number 5. In the background are several other posters mounted on poster boards.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Getting ready for #UKSF24 Dr Kate Cowen will be presenting her poster this afternoon in Tour 5.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

After a stroke survivors can have difficulties with global attention. They can't see the wood for the trees. Infographic by Bella Belbali.

Infographic about global attention deficit. It shows a lady looking at a photo of a busy street. She looks puzzled. There is a magnifier zooming in on one man in the street. The text says: in the image above, finding a friend may be ok sine isolated features can be focused on. However, someone might struggle identifying the wider scene, eg the fact he's on a street. There is more text in the right corner saying What is it? Deficits in attention are one of the most commonly observed cognitive impairments after stroke. Global attention deficits refers to an inability to attend to the global shape of an image, instead focusing on smaller details. This can hinder someone's recognition.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

When losing part of their visual field stroke patients can sometimes still have unconscious vision on that side: they say they can't see anything, but still react to things in their blind field. This is blindsight. Read more: tinyurl.com/3j7raksw

Infographic on blindsight , the text says people with blindsight can use their vision to pick up things or find their way but are unaware that he can see. After visual field loss patients have unconscious visual function in the hemianopic field. it has a picture of a blind And off an MRI scan of a brain.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Getting ready for my first ever keynote at the #OTShow

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In associative agnosia, people can see a picture clearly, describe it in detail and even make an accurate drawing of it, but they don't know what it is a picture of. Read more: tinyurl.com/4jk337jw

Infographic about associative agnosia: difficulties with accessing information about an object like name of function. Patients can clearly see things and describe an object in detail but cannot recognise it. Picture of a set of keys with the quote: "I don't konw what it is, perhaps a file or a tool of some sort"

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Newest and oldest addition to my library: a monograph from 1917. Gaps in treatment of visual perception issues are still here 100 years later. Should we look back more often to great ideas of pioneers in our field that did not have the evidence base at the time and have therefore been forgotten?

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Just returned from an inspiring few days with other NIHR Academy members talking about how to maximise impact of our research. Thanks to #nihramc24 organisers for an excellent programme and delegates from all careers levels and professional backgrounds for the inspiring conversations

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Apperceptive agnosia is a hard one to understand: difficulties with integrating features into a complex whole. There are alternative definitions and closely related labels like visual form agnosia and integrative agnosia.

Infographic on apperceptive agnosia. It show a picture of jigsaw pieces and a drawing where the lines are disconnected which makes it hard to make out what it is. The text says: difficulties integrating simple features like colours, textures, and shapes into a coherent image. It it like a broken up jigsaw. Patients can see the colours, textures and edges but don't know what it is a picture of. There is also a quote saying "My vision seems piece meal. I cannot find my way around and get lost all the time"

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Where are all the occupational therapists on here? Any starter packs for neuro OT? Would love to follow you all!

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Difficulties with recognising objects is not unusual after a stroke. It can help to think of the visual system as an hierarchical process to understand what exactly is challenging for a patient, but the debate is ongoing.

Infographic. Diagram showing stages of visual perception and the conditions associated with failure at each stage: sensory vision and visual field --> basic coding of features like line orientation --> integration of features into basic 2D shapes (visual form agnosia) --> integration of complex features into objects (apperceptive agnosia) --> access to perceptual info and object invariance (integrative agnosia) --> access to conceptual info of objects, lexicon (associative agnosia). The pathway is illustrated with a picture of a clock starting from a few lines to the mental concept of a clock. The text says: Difficulties recognising objects. Object perception can break down at different stage of the hierarchical visual system, leading to different types of object agnosias.

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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🌟 We're Hiring! 🌟 My team is looking for a Research Coordinator to support our portfolio of research activities. If you thrive organising complex projects and managing a range of activities, this is the role for you. 📢 More information: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49152/ 📄 Apply by: 29th November 2024

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Today is about Alexia. There are many types. Pure alexia is a rare but devastating condition after stroke. People are unbale to read even though they can see the text clearly. More details: tinyurl.com/46ktxrhu or tinyurl.com/yth7arv3

Infographic about Alexia. It shows a picture of a person reading a book. The text says: Difficulties with reading, <1% of stroke survivors have alexia, Stroke survivor can see text clearly but recognising and deciphering letters and words is harder.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Motion blindness or akinetopsia is a rare condition after brain injury. People have difficulties seeing motion. You can imagine it as seeing the world as a series of static pictures. Infographic by Bella Belbali.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

After lurking here for a few months it seems a good time to become a bit more active! I’m a researcher at Durham University trying to improve life of people with visual perception difficulties after a brain injury. Mostly through developing and validating assessments. Interest in rehab too.

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Kathleen Vancleef @kathleenvancleef.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Did you know >20% of stroke survivors with a posterior stroke struggle with seeing colours? Their difficulties vary from just mixing up red and purple to full distortion of the colour space. More details in tinyurl.com/2dwwe2h5

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