Patrick Cavanagh

21.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
341 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Patrick Cavanagh is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Cavanagh has authored 341 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 284 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 49 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 41 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Cavanagh's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (267 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (86 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (76 papers). Patrick Cavanagh is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (267 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (86 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (76 papers). Patrick Cavanagh collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Patrick Cavanagh's co-authors include George A. Alvarez, James Intriligator, Sheng He, Stuart Anstis, Olga Eizner Favreau, Martin Rolfs, Gonzalo Álvarez, David Whitney, Jody C. Culham and Satoru Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Cavanagh

318 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Capacity of Visual Sh... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2004 1996 2001 2008 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Capacity of Visual Short-Term Memory is Set Both by Visual Information Load and by Number of Objects
    2004 950 citations George A. Alvarez, Patrick Cavanagh Psychological Science profile →
  2. Attentional resolution and the locus of visual awareness
    1996 800 citations Patrick Cavanagh et al. Nature profile →
  3. The Spatial Resolution of Visual Attention
    2001 580 citations Patrick Cavanagh et al. profile →
  4. Mobile computation : spatiotemporal integration of the properties of objects in motion
    2008 578 citations Patrick Cavanagh profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Patrick Cavanagh 14.5k 2.7k 2.1k 2.0k 1.1k 341 16.3k
Ken Nakayama 13.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.2× 3.2k 1.5× 1.8k 0.9× 995 0.9× 142 15.3k
George Sperling 10.5k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 153 12.5k
David C. Burr 16.1k 1.1× 4.8k 1.8× 2.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 331 19.8k
Denis G. Pelli 16.0k 1.1× 3.4k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 2.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 130 19.2k
Maria Concetta Morrone 9.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 986 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 259 11.8k
Karl R. Gegenfurtner 8.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 3.4k 1.6× 792 0.7× 315 11.1k
Randolph Blake 15.9k 1.1× 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 3.6k 1.8× 1.7k 1.6× 323 18.0k
Martin S. Banks 10.6k 0.7× 3.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 534 0.5× 226 14.3k
Shinsuke Shimojo 10.0k 0.7× 4.4k 1.6× 967 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 805 0.7× 240 12.8k
Robert Sekuler 8.6k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 218 11.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Adamian, Nika & Patrick Cavanagh. (2024). Sustained attention and the flash grab effect. Journal of Vision. 24(2). 6–6. 2 indexed citations
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Kohler, Peter J., et al.. (2024). Deconstructing the frame effect. Journal of Vision. 24(11). 8–8.
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Dotson, Nicholas M., et al.. (2023). The double-drift illusion biases the marmoset oculomotor system. Journal of Vision. 23(10). 4–4. 2 indexed citations
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Rivest, Josée, et al.. (2023). The role of memory color in visual attention. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 86(1). 28–35. 2 indexed citations
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Anstis, Stuart, et al.. (2021). Paradoxical stabilization of relative position in moving frames. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 9 indexed citations
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Kosovicheva, Anna, et al.. (2018). Unifying Visual Space Across the Left and Right Hemifields. Psychological Science. 29(3). 356–369. 3 indexed citations
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Lisi, Matteo & Patrick Cavanagh. (2017). Different spatial representations guide eye and hand movements. Journal of Vision. 17(2). 12–12. 28 indexed citations
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Shioiri, Satoshi, Masayuki Ogawa, Hirohisa Yaguchi, & Patrick Cavanagh. (2015). Attentional facilitation of detection of flicker on moving objects. Journal of Vision. 15(14). 3–3. 5 indexed citations
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Cavanagh, Patrick, et al.. (2014). Does drawing skill relate to better memory of local or global object structure?. Journal of Vision. 14(10). 33–33. 1 indexed citations
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Störmer, Viola S., Patrick Cavanagh, & George A. Alvarez. (2013). The profile of multifocal attention: surround-suppression between and within hemifields. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 1283–1283. 1 indexed citations
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Cavanagh, Patrick & Stuart Anstis. (2012). The Flash Grab Effect. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 778–778. 1 indexed citations
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Greenwood, John A., Martin Szinte, Bilge Sayim, & Patrick Cavanagh. (2012). Shared spatial uncertainty for crowding and saccades. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 599–599. 1 indexed citations
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Kosovicheva, Anna, Gerrit W. Maus, Stuart Anstis, et al.. (2011). The motion-induced shift in the perceived location of a grating also shifts its aftereffect. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 754–754. 1 indexed citations
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Tse, Peter U., David Whitney, Stuart Anstis, & Patrick Cavanagh. (2011). Voluntary attention modulates motion-induced mislocalization. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 119–119. 3 indexed citations
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Knapen, Tomas, Jascha D. Swisher, Benjamin Wolfe, Frank Tong, & Patrick Cavanagh. (2010). Phase-encoded fmri investigation of retinotopic remapping responses. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 510–510. 13 indexed citations
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Cavanagh, Patrick, et al.. (1998). Stabilizing the visual world: A jitter aftereffect reveals motion-based correction. Nature. 395. 8 indexed citations
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Murasugi, Chieko M. & Patrick Cavanagh. (1998). Anisotropy in the chromatic channel. Spatial Vision. 1 indexed citations
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Cavanagh, Patrick & Tohru Watanabe. (1996). Priming object recognition with unrecognizable outlines. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 193. 1 indexed citations
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Maurer, Daphne, et al.. (1989). Testing the luminous efficiency of colors in babies. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 3 indexed citations
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Cavanagh, Patrick, Stuart Anstis, & D. I. A. MacLeod. (1987). Equiluminance: Spatial and temporal factors and the contribution of blue-sensitive cones. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 1 indexed citations

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