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Conscious and non-conscious processing of affective stimuli: an early or late process?| old_uid | 12249 |
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| title | Conscious and non-conscious processing of affective stimuli: an early or late process? |
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| start_date | 2013/03/26 |
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| schedule | 13h-14h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Cortical blindness refers to the loss of vision that occurs after destruction of the primary visual cortex. Although there is no sensory cortex and hence no conscious vision, some cortically blind patients show amygdala activation in response to facial or bodily expressions of emotions. This phenomenon has been hypothesized to rely on a direct rapid subcortical pathway. In this talk, I will summarize a series of findings from a blindsight patient, as well as studies from healthy controls using subliminal presentation paradigms, that both corroborate but also contradict the existence of a rapid collicular pathway. In addition, I will show evidence that so-called "affective blindsight" is not restricted to emotional stimuli but in fact generalizes to other classes of behaviourally-relevant stimuli as well. |
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| responsibles | Pascalis |
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