What does neural plasticity tell us about role of primary visual cortex (V1) in visual awareness?

The complete loss of visual awareness resulting from a lesion to the primary visual cortex (V1) suggests that this region is indispensable for conscious visual perception. There are however a number cases of conscious perception in the absence of V1 which appear to challenge this conclusion. These i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Juha eSilvanto, Geraint eRees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
V1
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00006/full