Alex White
@alexlw.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Interested in how we see and how we read.
https://visionlab.neuroscience.barnard.edu/
Interested in how we see and how we read.
https://visionlab.neuroscience.barnard.edu/
Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hello vision scientists & linguists! The Journal of Vision is publishing a special issue on “The Vision-Language Interface.” Send in your research about reading, perceptual learning, sign language, dyslexia, etc! jov.arvojournals.org/ss/visionlan... #neuroskyence #VisionScience #PsychSciSky
The Neuroscience department at Barnard College is accepting applications for two Lecturer positions! Please spread the word to any neuroscientists who value teaching and would want to work at an excellent liberal arts college in NYC.
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...
Lecturer of Neuroscience and Behavior
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Lecturer of Neuroscience and Behavior Barnard is a premier liberal arts undergraduat...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Neuroscience department at Barnard College is accepting applications for two Lecturer positions! Please spread the word to any neuroscientists who value teaching and would want to work at an excellent liberal arts college in NYC.
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...
Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
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September 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Advocating for vision research on Capitol Hill! With the National Alliance for Eye & Vision Research + Research to Prevent Blindness + fellow vision scientists. Thanks to Congress for currently planning to maintain NIH & NEI funding! #seewhatmatters @corticalcavanaugh.bsky.social
www.rpbusa.org
www.rpbusa.org
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We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We’re thrilled to share that our very own Matt Cavanaugh has been chosen for the Emerging Vision Scientist Program, where he will advocate for congressional support of vision research. We’re so proud of all he has accomplished so far and for his commitment to advancing vision care!
This fall, I'll go to the capital to share my research with congressional staff and advocate for funding of scientific research on the sense of sight.
Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute!
www.seewhatmatters.org
#seewhatmatters
Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute!
www.seewhatmatters.org
#seewhatmatters
See What Matters | Stand Up for Live-Saving Science
The National Eye Institute (NEI) is at risk of being consolidated into a larger Brain and Neuroscience Institute under proposed NIH reforms. This would dilute its vision research focused mission and j...
www.seewhatmatters.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This fall, I'll go to the capital to share my research with congressional staff and advocate for funding of scientific research on the sense of sight.
Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute!
www.seewhatmatters.org
#seewhatmatters
Funding decisions made today determine who gets to see tomorrow. Support the National Eye Institute!
www.seewhatmatters.org
#seewhatmatters
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Co-edited by Susana Chung, @kalanitgs.bsky.social, @garilerma.bsky.social, @hansopdebeeck.bsky.social, Zeynep Saygin, @alexlw.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Co-edited by Susana Chung, @kalanitgs.bsky.social, @garilerma.bsky.social, @hansopdebeeck.bsky.social, Zeynep Saygin, @alexlw.bsky.social
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During natural reading with eye movements, the left posterior fusiform cortex reflects both fixated and upcoming words in parallel—and distinguishes whether an upcoming word is skipped or fixated. A new preprint from Graham Flick @grahamflick.bsky.social!
Very happy to share a preprint from the final project of my PhD with @liinapy.bsky.social!
Reading ahead: localized neural signatures of parafoveal word processing and skipping decisions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reading ahead: localized neural signatures of parafoveal word processing and skipping decisions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reading ahead: Localized neural signatures of parafoveal word processing and skipping decisions
Visual reading proceeds fixation-by-fixation, with individual words recognized and integrated into evolving conceptual representations within only hundreds of milliseconds. This relies, in part, on in...
www.biorxiv.org
April 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
During natural reading with eye movements, the left posterior fusiform cortex reflects both fixated and upcoming words in parallel—and distinguishes whether an upcoming word is skipped or fixated. A new preprint from Graham Flick @grahamflick.bsky.social!
Attention PhD grads looking for research and teaching jobs! Barnard College in NYC is hiring "Faculty Fellows." It's a 2-year mentored position that requires 2 courses/year (or equivalent) and research in one of our labs. Due April 20th. More info: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...
Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience & Behavior Job Summary: With B...
barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Attention PhD grads looking for research and teaching jobs! Barnard College in NYC is hiring "Faculty Fellows." It's a 2-year mentored position that requires 2 courses/year (or equivalent) and research in one of our labs. Due April 20th. More info: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Faculty/job/...
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Sign up for our first ROAR@Home BETA research study! roar.stanford.edu/homesignup/
January 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sign up for our first ROAR@Home BETA research study! roar.stanford.edu/homesignup/
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
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Russell Vought & his ex-wife Mary have a daughter with cystic fibrosis, who is being treated with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor, drugs developed with the support of the National Institutes of Health. Now Russ & Mary are trying to destroy the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Russell Vought & his ex-wife Mary have a daughter with cystic fibrosis, who is being treated with elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor, drugs developed with the support of the National Institutes of Health. Now Russ & Mary are trying to destroy the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cutting NIH funding is a bad idea for the economy. "In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity." Other facts here: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
Serving Society
NIH-supported research leads to improvements in health that can bolster the economy, improve productivity, and reduce the costly burden of illness.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Cutting NIH funding is a bad idea for the economy. "In fiscal year 2023, every $1 of NIH funding generated approximately $2.46 of economic activity." Other facts here: www.nih.gov/about-nih/wh...
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If you are a neuroscientist, please use SFN's site to write to your reps about the importance of funding for science (they have letters ready to go, you can just use theirs or write/edit as you see fit): www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
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www.sfn.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you are a neuroscientist, please use SFN's site to write to your reps about the importance of funding for science (they have letters ready to go, you can just use theirs or write/edit as you see fit): www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
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Out now in Brain! Using direct cortical stimulation in 49 patients we show distinct regions of ventral temporal cortex that selectively knock out the ability to read or name. Word-selective VWFA can causally and reliably be isolated from other visual language functions.
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
January 31, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Out now in Brain! Using direct cortical stimulation in 49 patients we show distinct regions of ventral temporal cortex that selectively knock out the ability to read or name. Word-selective VWFA can causally and reliably be isolated from other visual language functions.
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Reposted by Alex White
January 31, 2024 at 3:50 PM