The vanishing of the sun: A manifestation of cortical plasticity

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 449-452

  Safran, Avinoam B ^a   Landis, Theodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Filling in; Impressionism; Scotoma; Visual field

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOTOMA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MEDICINE IN ART; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAINTINGS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031923052     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)00134-3     Document Type: Review

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