Blindsight: A Case Study and Its Implications

by Lawrence Weiskrantz

Damage to the neocortex is generally understood to result in blindness. Studies of some patients who have suffered from this form of blindness have, nevertheless, revealed that they can discriminate certain types of visual events within their "blind" field. However, patients do so without being aware of this ability: they think they are only "guessing". This phenomenon has been termed "blindsight" by Professor Weiskrantz and his collaborators, who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198521928
• ISBN13: 9780198521921
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"