Colour constancy impairments in patients with lesions of the prestriate cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 154-158

  Clarke, Stephanie ^a,b   Walsh, Vincent ^c   Schoppig, Alain ^b   Assal, Gil ^a   Cowey, Alan ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour constancy; Cortical lesions; Extrastriate cortex; Human; V4

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 0031761862     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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