Edges, colour and awareness in blindsight

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 520-533

  Alexander, Iona ^a   Cowey, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Colour contrast; Luminance contrast; Narrow band colours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDSIGHT; CASE REPORT; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AWARENESS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951627182     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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