Criteria for consciousness in humans and other mammals

AK Seth, BJ Baars, DB Edelman - Consciousness and cognition, 2005 - Elsevier
The standard behavioral index for human consciousness is the ability to report events with
accuracy. While this method is routinely used for scientific and medical applications in …

The blindsight saga

A Cowey - Experimental brain research, 2010 - Springer
Blindsight is the ability of patients with clinically blind field defects, caused by damage to the
primary visual cortex V, to detect, localise and even discriminate visual stimuli that they deny …

A subcortical pathway to the right amygdala mediating “unseen” fear

JS Morris, A Öhman, RJ Dolan - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Neuroimaging studies have shown differential amygdala responses to masked (“unseen”)
emotional stimuli. How visual signals related to such unseen stimuli access the amygdala is …

[图书][B] Consciousness lost and found: A neuropsychological exploration

L Weiskrantz - 1997 - books.google.com
The phenomenon ofconsciousness' is intrinsically related to one's awareness of one's self,
of time, and of the physical world. What, then, can be learned about consciousness from …

Human blindsight is mediated by an intact geniculo-extrastriate pathway

S Ajina, F Pestilli, A Rokem, C Kennard, H Bridge - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Although damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) causes hemianopia, many patients retain
some residual vision; known as blindsight. We show that blindsight may be facilitated by an …

Eye movement trajectories and what they tell us

S Van der Stigchel, M Meeter, J Theeuwes - Neuroscience & biobehavioral …, 2006 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, research has shown that eye movement trajectories can be modified
by situational determinants. These modifications can inform us about the mechanisms that …

Unconscious vision: new insights into the neuronal correlate of blindsight using diffusion tractography

SE Leh, H Johansen-Berg, A Ptito - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The existence of several types of unconscious vision, or 'blindsight', has convincingly been
demonstrated in numerous studies, and their neuronal correlates have been hypothesized …

Unconscious processing of orientation and color without primary visual cortex

JL Boyer, S Harrison, T Ro - Proceedings of the National …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
In humans, the primary visual cortex (V1) is essential for conscious vision. However, even
without V1 and in the absence of awareness, some preserved ability to accurately respond …

Collicular vision guides nonconscious behavior

M Tamietto, F Cauda, LL Corazzini… - Journal of cognitive …, 2010 - direct.mit.edu
Following destruction or deafferentation of primary visual cortex (area V1, striate cortex),
clinical blindness ensues, but residual visual functions may, nevertheless, persist without …

The 30th Sir Frederick Bartlett lecture: Fact, artefact, and myth about blindsight

A Cowey - Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Blindsight is the ability, still controversial if a vote is taken, of subjects with clinically blind
field defects to detect, localize, and discriminate visual stimuli of which the subjects say they …