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Patrick Cavanagh

Patrick Cavanagh

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Psychology

D-Index
84
Citations
26859
World Ranking
1226
National Ranking
63

Overview

Patrick Cavanagh is affiliated with York University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience. Their scholarly work addresses various aspects of visual perception and processing mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, as well as tactile and sensory interactions.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Ocular and Laser Science Research
  • Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Patrick Cavanagh are:

  • Peter U. Tse
  • Stuart Anstis
  • Marvin R. Maechler
  • Bernard Marius 't Hart
  • Sharif Saleki

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Vision
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • i-Perception
  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Scientific Reports

Representative recent academic papers authored or coauthored by Patrick Cavanagh are:

  • The Architecture of Object-Based Attention, 2023, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • The Language of Vision*, 2021, Perception
  • Apparent Motion Is Computed in Perceptual Coordinates, 2020, i-Perception
  • Pop-out for illusory rather than veridical trajectories with double-drift stimuli, 2020, Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Attentional tracking takes place over perceived rather than veridical positions, 2021, Attention Perception & Psychophysics

Best Publications

  • The capacity of visual short-term memory is set both by visual information load and by number of objects

    George Alvarez;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Attentional resolution and the locus of visual awareness

    Sheng He;Patrick Cavanagh;James Intriligator

  • The spatial resolution of visual attention

    James Intriligator;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Tracking multiple targets with multifocal attention.

    Patrick Cavanagh;George A. Alvarez

  • Motion: the long and short of it.

    Patrick Cavanagh;George Mather

  • Retinotopy and color sensitivity in human visual cortical area V8.

    Nouchine Hadjikhani;Arthur K. Liu;Anders M. Dale;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Cortical fMRI activation produced by attentive tracking of moving targets

    Jody C. Culham;Stephan A. Brandt;Stephan A. Brandt;Patrick Cavanagh;Nancy G. Kanwisher

  • Attention and the subjective expansion of time.

    Peter Ulric Tse;James Intriligator;Josée Rivest;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Attention-based motion perception

    Patrick Cavanagh

  • The attentional requirements of consciousness

    Michael A. Cohen;Patrick Cavanagh;Marvin M. Chun;Ken Nakayama

  • Familiarity and pop-out in visual search

    Qinqin Wang;Patrick Cavanagh;Marc Green

  • Independent Resources for Attentional Tracking in the Left and Right Visual Hemifields

    George A. Alvarez;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Visual stability based on remapping of attention pointers

    Patrick Cavanagh;Patrick Cavanagh;Amelia R. Hunt;Amelia R. Hunt;Arash Afraz;Arash Afraz;Martin Rolfs

  • Predictive remapping of attention across eye movements

    Martin Rolfs;Martin Rolfs;Donatas Jonikaitis;Heiner Deubel;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Flexible cognitive resources: Competitive content maps for attention and memory

    Steven L. Franconeri;George A. Alvarez;Patrick Cavanagh

  • Attention response functions: characterizing brain areas using fMRI activation during parametric variations of attentional load.

    Jody C Culham;Patrick Cavanagh;Nancy G Kanwisher;Nancy G Kanwisher

  • A minimum motion technique for judging equiluminance

    S. M. Anstis;P. Cavanagh;J. D. Mollon L. T. Sharpe

  • The blinking spotlight of attention.

    Rufin VanRullen;Thomas Carlson;Thomas Carlson;Patrick Cavanagh

  • The contribution of color to motion in normal and color-deficient observers

    P. Cavanagh;S. M. Anstis

  • The 'when' pathway of the right parietal lobe.

    Lorella Battelli;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Patrick Cavanagh;Patrick Cavanagh

  • FACIAL ORGANIZATION BLOCKS ACCESS TO LOW-LEVEL FEATURES: AN OBJECT INFERIORITY EFFECT

    Satoru Suzuki;Patrick Cavanagh

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Rolfs
Martin Rolfs Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Peter U. Tse
Peter U. Tse Dartmouth College
David Whitney
David Whitney University of California, Berkeley
George A. Alvarez
George A. Alvarez Harvard University
Jody C. Culham
Jody C. Culham University of Western Ontario
Takeo Watanabe
Takeo Watanabe Brown University
Martin Arguin
Martin Arguin University of Montreal
Frans A. J. Verstraten
Frans A. J. Verstraten University of Sydney
Heiner Deubel
Heiner Deubel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas A. Carlson
Thomas A. Carlson University of Sydney

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