VISUAL DISCRIMINATION FOLLOWING SUCCESSIVE TEMPORAL ABLATIONS IN MONKEYS
VISUAL DISCRIMINATION FOLLOWING SUCCESSIVE TEMPORAL ABLATIONS IN MONKEYS
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DOI:
10.1093/brain/82.2.232
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
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影响因子:
14.5
通讯作者:
ETTLINGER, G
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作者:
ETTLINGER, G
The behavioral manifestations of a visual disorder that follows bilateral inderior temporal lesions in the monkey are described, and their relevance to perceptual disturbances in man are discussed. It is argued that the possible contribution of areas of amblyopia in the genesis of this disorder in monkeys has not been adequately examined. An investigation of the effects of various successive lesions on the ability to learn and retain a visual pattern discrimination was undertaken in 12 monkeys. The findings suggest that in the monkey the infero-temporal regions influence visual discrimination behavior not by direct interaction at any level with the primary visual afferent system, but rather by interaction with messages proceeding from the striate areas. It has also been shown that each infero-temporal sector is preferentially related to behavior dependent upon the primary visual inflow to the same hemisphere, although a given sector may interact with messages proceeding from the opposite striate area via the corpus callosum provided that the opposite temporal area has previously been ablated.