Blindsight mediated by an S-cone-independent collicular pathway: An fMRI study in hemispherectomized subjects

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 670-682

  Leh, Sandra E ^a,b   Ptito, Alain ^a   Schönwiesner, Marc ^c   Chakravarty, Mallar M ^d   Mullen, Kathy T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77649222568     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21217     Document Type: Article

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