Colour vision and its disturbances after cortical lesions

The Neuropsychology of Vision

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Heywood, C A ^a   Cowey, Alan ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achromatopsia; Colour; Cortical lesions; Vision; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198505822.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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