THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF BLINDSIGHT

被引:195
作者
COWEY, A [1 ]
STOERIG, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MUNICH, INST MED PSYCHOL, W-8000 MUNICH 2, GERMANY
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1016/0166-2236(91)90085-9
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Some patients can respond to visual stimuli presented within their clinically absolute visual field defects that have been caused by partial destruction of striate cortex. This puzzling phenomenon of looking, pointing, detecting and discriminating without seeing has been called blindsight, and has fascinated philosophers and neuroscientists alike as a spotlight on the nature of unconscious or covert awareness, and the means it provides of studying the visual information carried by pathways other than the major route through the striate cortex.
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页码:140 / 145
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