Spatial and temporal processing in a subject with cortical blindness following occipital surgery

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1296-1306

  Trevethan, Ceri T ^a   Sahraie, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Spatial summation; Spatial vision; Temporal processing; Temporal summation; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0038061588     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(03)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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