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Artificial Vision for the Blind: Electrical Stimulation of Visual Cortex Offers Hope for a Functional Prosthesis
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Electrical stimulation of the occipital cortex resulted in discrete photic sensations or "phosphenes" in two volunteers who had been totally blind for 7 and 28 years, respectively. Stimulation of multiple electrodes allowed one patient to recognize simple patterns, including letters. Both patients made an uneventful recovery, and the success of these experiments reinforces the hope that a functional visual prosthesis can be developed, although many problems remain to be solved.
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“They showed that visual percepts (phosphenes) could be evoked by electrical stimulation of the visual cortex via an array of electrodes implanted on the surface of a subject's visual cortex.”
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- Authors
- Dobelle, W. H., Mladejovsky, M. G., & Girvin, J. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Utah (US)
- Western University (CA)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1974-02
- Volume
- 183
- Issue
- 4123
- Pages
- 440-444
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2068147451
- Cited by
- 440
- References
- 7
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- FWCI
- 2.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Keywords
- visual prosthesis, phosphenes, total blindness, occipital cortex, pattern recognition, letter recognition, artificial vision, blind patients
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Blindness, Electric Stimulation, Electrodes, Implanted, Humans, Male, Visual Cortex, Visual Perception, Prostheses and Implants
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