Brain, Vol. 116, No. 6, 1293-1302, 1993
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Conscious visual perception without VI
1Applied Vision Research Centre, Department of Optometry and Visual, Science City University London UK 2Department of Anatomy, University College London UK 3MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital London UK
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Correspondence to: Professor S. Zeki, Department of Anatomy, University College, London WC1E 6BT, UK, or Professor R. S. J. Frackowiak, MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, 150 Ducane Road, London W12 OHS, UK.
We used the technique of PET to determine whether visual signals reach visual area V5, specialized for visual motion, when a human patient, blinded by a lesion in area V1, discriminates the direction of motion of visual stimuli and shows, through his verbal reports, that he is consciously aware of both the nature of the visual stimulus and its direction of motion. The results showed that area V5 was active without a parallel activation of area V1, implying that the visual input can reach V5 without passing first through V1 and that such an input is sufficient for both the discrimination and the conscious awareness of the visual stimulus.
Received September 14, 1993. Revised October 14, 1993. Accepted October 14, 1993.
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