Striate cortex lesions and visual acuity of the rhesus monkey.

1 April 1963

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Vol. 56 (2) , 225-231
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043778

Abstract

Visual acuity was measured pre- and postoperatively in monkeys given resections of striate or inferotemporal cortex. Striate Ss showed decreases in acuity, the severity of which corresponded reasonably well with the completeness and location of the lesions. Temporal Ss showed no decrease. The drop in acuity shown by the striate Ss was less than would be predicted if the lesion produced an absolute scotoma and if the relation between foveal and parafoveal acuity is the same in monkey as in man. (24 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

STRIATE CORTEX
RHESUS
LESIONS OF
BRAIN LESION
STRIATE
&
VISUAL ACUITY
VISION
MONKEY
IN RHESUS
CEREBELLAR CORTEX
CORTEX
STRIATE LESIONS
BASAL
GANGLIA
VISUAL ACUITY OF