Differential pupillary constriction and awareness in the absence of striate cortex

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1533-1538

  Weiskrantz, L ^a   Cowey, A ^a   Barbur, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Pupillometry; Residual vision; Visual awareness; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 0032837808     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.8.1533     Document Type: Article

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