Open AccessPerceptual Distortion in Homonymous Paracentral Scotomas
Author(s) -
Nikolaos Mavrakanas,
Nathalie P L Dang-Burgener,
Erika Lorincz,
Théodor Landis,
Avinoam B. Safran
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of neuro-ophthalmology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1536-5166
pISSN - 1070-8022
DOI - 10.1097/wno.0b013e318198ca37
Subject(s) - blind spot , fixation (population genetics) , peripheral vision , visual field , perception , central scotoma , filling in , visual angle , visual perception , audiology , fixation point , psychology , optometry , communication , computer vision , medicine , computer science , neuroscience , environmental health , population
Cortical remapping after peripheral or central visual deafferentation alters visual perception, but it is unclear whether such a phenomenon impinges on areas remote from a scotoma. To investigate this question, we studied variations of perceptual spatial distortion in the visual field of patients with homonymous paracentral scotoma.