Illusory stimuli can be used to identify retinal blind spots.

Identification of visual field loss in people with retinal disease is not straightforward as people with eye disease are frequently unaware of substantial deficits in their visual field, as a consequence of perceptual completion ("filling-in") of affected areas.We attempted to induce a com...

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Main Authors: Michael D Crossland, Steven C Dakin, Peter J Bex
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2020442?pdf=render