Blindness and consciousness: New light from the dark

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 360-374

  Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Ptito, Maurice ^b,c   Kupers, Ron ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

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EID: 67651221426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00027-7     Document Type: Chapter

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