Blindsight in subjects with homonymous visual field defects

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-66

  Schärli, Heinz ^b   Harman, Alison M ^a   Hogben, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032908717     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892999563247     Document Type: Article

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