Conscious vision in blindness: A new perceptual phenomenon implemented on the "wrong" side of the brain.
PsyCh journal December 1, 2024 Yan Bao, Bin Zhou, Xinchi Yu et al. 2 citations
Patients with lesions in the visual cortex are blind in corresponding regions of the visual field, but they still may process visual information, a phenomenon referred to as residual vision or "blindsight". Here we report behavioral and fMRI observations with a patient who reports conscious vision across an extended area of blindness for moving, but not for stationary stimuli. This completion...