Can blindsight be superior to 'sighted-sight'?

Cognition

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 491-501

  Trevethan, Ceri T ^a   Sahraie, Arash ^a   Weiskrantz, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Contrast sensitivity; Two alternative forced choice detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34047104413     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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