Speculations on the neural basis of islands of blindsight

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2001, Pages 353-366

  Fendrich, Robert ^a   Wessinger, C Mark ^a   Gazzaniga, Michael S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0035783243     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)34023-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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