論文

査読有り
2015年5月

Signal detection analysis of blindsight in monkeys

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • Masatoshi Yoshida
  • ,
  • Tadashi Isa

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開始ページ
10755
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/srep10755
出版者・発行元
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Macaque monkeys with a unilateral lesion in V1 have been used as an animal model of blindsight. While objective proof of blindsight requires that the two aspects of blindsight (residual forced-choice localization and attenuated yes-no detection) should be tested under identical stimulus conditions using bias-free measures of sensitivity, these have not been attained in studies of nonhuman primates. Here we tested two macaque monkeys with a unilateral V1 lesion with two saccade tasks using identical stimuli: a forced-choice (FC) task and a yes-no (YN) task. An analysis based on signal detection theory revealed that sensitivity in the FC task was significantly higher than that in the YN task. Such dissociation of sensitivity between the two tasks was not observed when near-threshold visual stimuli were presented in the normal, unaffected hemifield. These results suggest that the V1-lesioned monkeys resemble the well-studied blindsight patient G.Y., whose visual experience per se was completely abolished.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep10755
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26021856
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000355594700001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/srep10755
  • ISSN : 2045-2322
  • PubMed ID : 26021856
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000355594700001

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