Collicular Vision Guides Nonconscious Behavior

■ Following destruction or deafferentation of primary visual cortex (area V1, striate cortex), clinical blindness ensues, but residual visual functions may, nevertheless, persist without perceptual consciousness (a condition termed blindsight). The study of patients with such lesions thus offers a unique opportunity to investigate what visual capacities are mediated by the extrastriate

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: JOCN
• Authors: Marco Tamietto, Franco Cauda, Luca Latini Corazzini, Silvia Savazzi, Carlo A. Marzi, Rainer Goebel, Lawrence Weiskrantz, Béatrice de Gelder
• Keywords: JOCN 2010, Primary Visual Cortex, Residual Visual Functions, Visual