The status of blindsight: Near-threshold vision, islands of cortex and the Riddoch phenomenon

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Kentridge, R W ^a   Heywood, C A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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