Comparing the visual deficits of a motion blind patient with the visual deficits of monkeys with area MT removed

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1459-1465

  Marcar, V L ^a,c   Zihl, J ^b   Cowey, A ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area MT; Motion blindness; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIRECTIONAL VISION; HUMAN; MACACA; MONKEY; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA; MOTION PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030715662     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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