The blindsight saga.

Journal article

Blindsight is the ability of patients with clinically blind field defects, caused by damage to the primary visual cortex V, to detect, localise and even discriminate visual stimuli that they deny seeing. Blindsight tells us much about the nature of visual processing in the absence of the primary visual cortex and is a paradigmatic example of implicit knowledge. It has attracted widespread interest and debate amongst philosophers, cognitive neuropsychologists and visual neuroscientists. Its do...

Expand abstract

Authors: Cowey, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Experimental brain research
• Volume: 200
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-24
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1914-2
• EISSN: 1432-1106
• ISSN: 0014-4819
• Language: English
• Keywords: Visual Cortex; Humans; Animals; Perceptual Disorders; Consciousness; Visual Fields; Blindness; Awareness; Visual Pathways