Comparison of the effects of striate cortex and retinal lesions on visual acuity in the monkey.

Acuity falls sharply and predictably in man as fixation is shifted away from the test stimulus. If the same "eccentricity" function applies to the monkey, then it can be shown that striate cortex lesions produce a smaller acuity impairment than is predicted by electrophysiological maps of...

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Main Authors: Weiskrantz, L, Cowey, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1967