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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00006/full |