Kathleen Vancleef
@kathleenvancleef.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience. Improving diagnosis and rehabilitation of visual perception problems after brain injury. Stroke. CVI. She/her
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🧠 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
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🧠 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
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”
Massive thanks to astroradioleah.bsky.social as sewing teacher and to Imy (10) for making video “less cringe”
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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”
Massive thanks to astroradioleah.bsky.social as sewing teacher and to Imy (10) for making video “less cringe”
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
June 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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
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.
🧠 #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.
June 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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.
🧠 #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.
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.
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
🧠🎓 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
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
Fees and Funding - Durham University
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April 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧠🎓 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
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
Reposted by Kathleen Vancleef
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
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#academicjobs #research #jobs #postdoc
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Research Associate - ‘Interpreting the Governance of Human Trafficking: explaining policy practice’:Gent,Belgium
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April 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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...
#academicjobs #research #jobs #postdoc
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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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In the meantime, you can find all our previous videos in this playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👩⚕️🎓🆓
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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April 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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...
👩⚕️🎓🆓
In the meantime, you can find all our previous videos in this playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👩⚕️🎓🆓
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
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
The Oxford Visual Perception Screen
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
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
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.
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.
👩⚕️ 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!!
Results will inform new training and clinical tools. ⏳ 5-10 min 🏆 15 free posters about visual perception difficulties + rehab advice, see 🔽. Thank you!!
March 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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.
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.
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
Find out: youtu.be/1W4F7Wp0qcA
Assessment of object agnosias
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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
Find out: youtu.be/1W4F7Wp0qcA
One last call for our survey tinyurl.com/mpbebbmt !
We need ~50 #OT and #orthoptist by 31st March. Do you have 10 minutes? Can you share with 5 colleagues?
@rowenapadamsey.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social @laurenhepworth.bsky.social @willchegwidden.bsky.social
We need ~50 #OT and #orthoptist by 31st March. Do you have 10 minutes? Can you share with 5 colleagues?
@rowenapadamsey.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social @laurenhepworth.bsky.social @willchegwidden.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One last call for our survey tinyurl.com/mpbebbmt !
We need ~50 #OT and #orthoptist by 31st March. Do you have 10 minutes? Can you share with 5 colleagues?
@rowenapadamsey.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social @laurenhepworth.bsky.social @willchegwidden.bsky.social
We need ~50 #OT and #orthoptist by 31st March. Do you have 10 minutes? Can you share with 5 colleagues?
@rowenapadamsey.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social @laurenhepworth.bsky.social @willchegwidden.bsky.social
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
youtu.be/41gXzWypYQw
@durhampsych.bsky.social @britishneuropsych.bsky.social
Assessment of Perceptual Organisation
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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
youtu.be/41gXzWypYQw
@durhampsych.bsky.social @britishneuropsych.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathleen Vancleef
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
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March 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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
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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
youtu.be/93pDcSTki20
Birmingham Object Recognition Battery
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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
youtu.be/93pDcSTki20
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...
OxVPS: oxvps.webspace.durham.ac.uk
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0269...
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...
oxvps.webspace.durham.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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...
OxVPS: oxvps.webspace.durham.ac.uk
Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0269...
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?
youtu.be/9B1492nkcsg
Have you use it before? What are your experiences?
Occupational Therapy Adult Perceptual Screening Test
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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?
youtu.be/9B1492nkcsg
Have you use it before? What are your experiences?
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
First up is the Rivermead Perceptual Assessment Battery youtu.be/A_95-A57RO4
Rivermead Perceptual Assessment Battery
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
February 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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
First up is the Rivermead Perceptual Assessment Battery youtu.be/A_95-A57RO4
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 🧑⚕️🏥
📽️
Learn more in our video youtu.be/IyzJbgbK1Iw
Check out the whole series
📽️
Training for health professionals 🧑⚕️🏥
What is Simultanagnosia?
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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 🧑⚕️🏥
📽️
Learn more in our video youtu.be/IyzJbgbK1Iw
Check out the whole series
📽️
Training for health professionals 🧑⚕️🏥
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
Check out our video to learn more: 🧑🎓https://youtu.be/UUFHO4SQhwY
@durhampsych.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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
Check out our video to learn more: 🧑🎓https://youtu.be/UUFHO4SQhwY
@durhampsych.bsky.social
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
After a brain injury people can have difficulties with recognising object. 🧠🚲
Find out what's happening in their brain here youtu.be/AWqhjwF0Crw
What is Associative Agnosia?
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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
After a brain injury people can have difficulties with recognising object. 🧠🚲
Find out what's happening in their brain here youtu.be/AWqhjwF0Crw
Reposted by Kathleen Vancleef
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.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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.
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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
Learn more here youtu.be/KlHUJ5yGsmk
Apperceptive agnosia
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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
Learn more here youtu.be/KlHUJ5yGsmk
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?...
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?...
What is Anton syndrome?
YouTube video by Kathleen Vancleef
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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?...
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?...
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
youtu.be/E3dH7XKa8n4
If you want to read more check out www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk
@durhampsych.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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
youtu.be/E3dH7XKa8n4
If you want to read more check out www.charlesbonnetsyndrome.uk
@durhampsych.bsky.social