Detection and discrimination of chromatic targets in hemianopic macaque monkeys and humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1320-1330

  Cowey, Alan ^a   Stoerig, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Colour; Striate cortex; Visual field defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035783446     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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