Direction-specific motion blindness induced by focal stimulation of human extrastriate cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2043-2048

  Blanke, Olaf ^a,b,c   Landis, T ^a   Safran, A B ^a   Seeck, M ^a,b,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direction selectivity; Electrical stimulation; Extrastriate cortex; Human; Motion blindness; Motion perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTION BLINDNESS; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0036460410     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02038.x     Document Type: Article

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