Neural Mechanism of Blindsight in a Macaque Model.
Neuroscience August 10, 2021 Tadashi Isa, Masatoshi Yoshida 24 citations
Some patients with damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) exhibit visuomotor ability, despite loss of visual awareness, a phenomenon termed "blindsight". We review a series of studies conducted mainly in our laboratory on macaque monkeys with unilateral V1 lesioning to reveal the neural pathways underlying visuomotor transformation and the cognitive capabilities retained in blindsight. After...