Spatial attention speeds discrimination without awareness in blindsight

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 831-835

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

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Blindsight; Consciousness; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLINDSIGHT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1242315631     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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