Visual system: how does blindsight arise?
Some patients can discriminate unseen visual stimuli within a field defect caused by damage to the primary visual cortex. The pathways for this 'blindsight' have never been established, but recent studies implicate hitherto overlooked cells in the thalamic LGN.
Cowey
Alan
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University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. Alan.Cowey@psy.ox.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014794:Visual Fields