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Science 16 September 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3429, pp. 734 - 735
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3429.734
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Interocular Transfer of Brightness Discrimination in "Split-Brain" Cats

Thomas H. Meikle 1 and Jeri A. Sechzer 1

1 Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

"Split-brain" cats with midsagittal section of the optic chiasm and the corpus callosum are able to transfer interocularly a simple brightness discrimination although they are unable to transfer a pattern discrimination. This strongly suggests that the interocular transfer of a simple brightness discrimination is mediated subcallosally.


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