Patrick Cavanagh, York University

Research

Motion Position Space Vision

Latest papers

Pupil reflexes generate the peripheral drift illusion due to ON/OFF motion responses.
Vision research · 2026 · senior author
Steerable autoencoders underlying remapping, spatiotopy, and visual stability.
Current opinion in neurobiology · 2026 · first author
Frame effects across space and time.
Journal of vision · 2026 · senior author

All 58 publications

Latest funding

Predictive position coding
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$468,000

All 1 grants and awards

58 publications.

01

Pupil reflexes generate the peripheral drift illusion due to ON/OFF motion responses.

Mather G, Cavanagh P

Vision research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2026.108866 PMID: 42341601

02

Steerable autoencoders underlying remapping, spatiotopy, and visual stability.

Cavanagh P, Melcher D

Current opinion in neurobiology2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2026.103221 PMID: 42155579

03

Frame effects across space and time.

't Hart BM, Cavanagh P

Journal of vision2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1167/jov.26.3.5 PMID: 41823512

04

Different effects of flash-grab and frame stimuli on position shift and shape distortion.

Shams M, Maloh A, Kohler PJ, Cavanagh P

Journal of vision2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1167/jov.26.3.1 PMID: 41769940

05

The bookend effect.

Riga A, Anstis S, Cavanagh P, Thornton IM

i-Perception2026

DOI: 10.1177/20416695261423065 PMID: 41777548

06

Protocol for investigating the warping of spatial experience across the blind spot to contrast predictions of the Integrated Information Theory and Predictive Processing accounts of consciousness.

Abbatecola C, Hart BM', de la Cruz BMM, Petro LS, Pennartz CMA, Tononi G, Friston KJ, Hohwy J, Olcese U, Boly M, Haun AM, Tripathy SP, Cavanagh P, Muckli LF, TWCF-INTREPID consortium

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340593 PMID: 41610113

07

Hemifield Specificity of Attention Response Functions during Multiple-Object Tracking.

Maechler MR, Choe E, Cavanagh P, Kohler PJ, Tse PU

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2025

DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1340-24.2025 PMID: 40147937

08

Following Randolph Blake's furrow further.

Riga A, Anstis S, Thornton IM, Cavanagh P

Journal of vision2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1167/jov.25.6.9 PMID: 40408119

09

Pupil dilation underlies the peripheral drift illusion.

Mather G, Cavanagh P

Journal of vision2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1167/jov.25.2.13 PMID: 40014318

10

Illusory shrinkage of objects under backward masking.

Kaneko S, Anstis S, Cavanagh P

i-Perception2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20416695241304655 PMID: 39654969

Predictive position coding

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cavanagh, Patrick

Keywords: Motion; Position; Space; Vision

$468,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Motion Dear Professor Cavanagh, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Pupil reflexes generate the peripheral drift illusion due to ON/OFF motion responses." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Predictive position coding" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]