Blindsight following visual cortex deafferentation disappears with purple and red stimuli: A case study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1382-1385

  Marzi, C A ^a,b   Mancini, F ^a,b   Metitieri, T ^c   Savazzi, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Optic radiation; Quadrantanopia; Redundant signal effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 61849147397     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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