Reflections on blindsight: Neuroimaging and behavioural explorations clarify a case of reversed localisation in the blind field of a patient with hemianopia

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-101

  Danckert, James ^a   Culham, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Functional mri; Light scatter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; COMPLICATION; SURGERY;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954673410     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017426     Document Type: Article

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