title: Some early uses of evoked brain responses in investigations of human visual function.
abstract: In the context of the technical possibilities of the time, this paper describes early attempts to employ visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) as a tool for investigating human visual function, focussing on the contributions of Henk Spekreijse and his colleagues. The topics covered are as follows: attempts to distinguish between true pattern-specific VEPs and the effects of responses to changes in local luminance; retinal rivalry and interocular sustained suppression; the implications of VEPs elicited by equiluminant chromatic patterns; VEPs specific to real and apparent motion; stereo VEPs; identification of a visual-auditory convergence area in the human brain.
authors.affiliation: Center for Vision Research, Department of Psychology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. dregan@yorku.ca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000266:history*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*