Blindsight and shape perception: Deficit of visual consciousness or of visual function?

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1565-1588

  Marcel, Anthony J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Consciousness; Shape perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031824945     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.8.1565     Document Type: Article

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