Is primary visual cortex necessary for visual awareness?

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 618-619

  Silvanto, Juha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ANIMAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84910079448     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.09.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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