Visual discrimination after bilateral removal of the visual cortex in the rabbit.
Rabbits were trained on a brightness and a vertical vs horizontal discrimination. After bilateral removal of the visual cortex the threshold of brightness discrimination was significantly higher. In addition, there was a severe impairment of striated pattern discrimination.
D000818:Animals; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*