The cortical basis of global motion detection in blindsight

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-411

  Alexander, Iona ^a   Cowey, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Cortical area MT V5; Global motion; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 57749190755     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1508-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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