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Reappearance of the visual percept after intentional blinking in a patient with Balint's syndrome.

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 1991, Volume 11, Issue 1
Date 1991-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s62c245k
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225973
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62c245k

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Title Reappearance of the visual percept after intentional blinking in a patient with Balint's syndrome.
Creator Gottlieb, D.; Calvanio, R.; Levine, D.N.
Affiliation Neurology Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.
Abstract We present a patient with Balint's syndrome who complained of fading of the scenes under visual fixation. When he intentionally blinked, the faded visual percept reappeared. The disappearance of the visual percept may be explained as the result of either unstable visual fixation or of saturation of the visual pathways. The role of blinking in reviving the visual percept may be explained accordingly as causing a refixation of the target under visual fixation or as resetting the visual pathways for visual processing.
Subject Older people; Older people, 80 and over; Blinking; Cerebral Infarction; Eye Movements; Fixation, Ocular; Humans; Male; Space Perception; Syndrome; Vision Disorders; Visual Pathways; Visual Perception
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225965
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62c245k/225965
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