Previous research has suggested that recognition of fearful faces may be carried out by pathways that bypass primary visual cortex (V1) and project to the amygdala. Some of the strongest evidence supporting this claim comes from two previous case studies of "affective blindsight" in which patients were able to correctly guess whether an unseen face was depicting a fearful or happy expression. In the current study we report a new case of affective blindsight in patient MC who is cortically blind following extensive bilateral lesions to V1 and most of her ventral stream. Despite her large lesions MC has preserved motion perception which is related to sparing of the motion sensitive region MT+ in both hemispheres.
展开▼
