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Roots of blindsight.
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The chapter reviews the historical background to demonstrations that there is residual visual function in the total absence of striate cortex (V1) in monkey and humans. The late 19th century evidence by Munk and others, as reviewed by William James, was that this was not possible in humans, and doubtful at best in monkeys. It has gradually become realized, starting in the middle of the 20th century, that even total bilateral removal of striate cortex in monkeys does not abolish all visual cap...
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- Journal:
- Progress in brain research
- Volume:
- 144
- Pages:
- 229-241
- Publication date:
- 2004-01-01
- Event title:
- Conference on the Roots of Visual Awareness
- DOI:
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1875-7855
- ISSN:
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0079-6123
- ISBN:
- 044450978X
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pubs:17731
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- pubs:17731
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17731
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2004
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