The timing and neuroanatomy of conscious vision as revealed by TMS-induced blindsight

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1507-1518

  Allen, Christopher P G ^a   Sumner, Petroc ^a   Chambers, Christopher D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLINDSIGHT; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901451326     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00557     Document Type: Article

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