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  • 1967 - Spearman Medal, British Psychological Society

Overview

Alan Cowey was affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. During their academic career, they focused on research in psychology, receiving recognition within this field.

In 1967, Alan Cowey was awarded the Spearman Medal by the British Psychological Society. This award signals contribution to the field of psychology through research or scholarship.

No specific information is available regarding Cowey's recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or detailed fields and subfields of study. Likewise, no particular research topics or areas were listed.

Best Publications

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation and cognitive neuroscience

    Vincent Walsh;Alan Cowey

  • Retinal ganglion cells that project to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus in the macaque monkey

    V.H. Perry;R. Oehler;A. Cowey

  • The ganglion cell and cone distributions in the monkey's retina: Implications for central magnification factors

    V.H. Perry;A. Cowey

  • Retinal ganglion cells that project to the superior colliculus and pretectum in the macaque monkey.

    V.H. Perry;A. Cowey

  • Post-decision wagering objectively measures awareness

    Navindra Persaud;Peter McLeod;Alan Cowey

  • Blindsight in man and monkey.

    Petra Stoerig;Alan Cowey

  • Human cortical magnification factor and its relation to visual acuity

    A. Cowey;E. T. Rolls

  • The axo-axonic interneuron in the cerebral cortex of the rat, cat and monkey.

    P. Somogyi;T.F. Freund;A. Cowey

  • Temporal aspects of visual search studied by transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Elisabeth Ashbridge;Vincent Walsh;Alan Cowey

  • PROJECTION OF THE RETINA ON TO STRIATE AND PRESTRIATE CORTEX IN THE SQUIRREL MONKEY, SAIMIRI SCIUREUS.

    Alan Cowey

  • Blindsight in monkeys

    Alan Cowey;Petra Stoerig

  • Effects of foveal prestriate and inferotemporal lesions on visual discrimination by rhesus monkeys.

    A. Cowey;C. G. Gross

  • Cortical maps and visual perception the grindley memorial lecture

    Alan Cowey

  • Sensitivity to eye gaze in prosopagnosic patients and monkeys with superior temporal sulcus ablation

    R. Campbell;C.A. Heywood;A. Cowey;M. Regard

  • The neurobiology of blindsight.

    Alan Cowey;Petra Stoerig

  • Quantitative Distribution of GABA-immunopositive and-immunonegative Neurons and Synapses in the Monkey Striate Cortex (Area 17)

    C. Beaulieu;Z. Kisvarday;P. Somogyi;M. Cynader

  • Effects of dorsal and ventral hippocampal lesions on spontaneous alternation, learned alternation and probability learning in rats

    Robin Stevens;Alan Cowey

  • Spatial neglect in near and far space investigated by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Otto Bjoertomt;Alan Cowey;Vincent Walsh

  • The blindsight saga

    Alan Cowey

  • Magnetically induced phosphenes in sighted, blind and blindsighted observers.

    Alan Cowey;Vincent Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Walsh
Vincent Walsh University College London
Charles A. Heywood
Charles A. Heywood Durham University
Petra Stoerig
Petra Stoerig Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Lucia M. Vaina
Lucia M. Vaina Boston University
Lawrence Weiskrantz
Lawrence Weiskrantz University of Oxford
Neil G. Muggleton
Neil G. Muggleton National Central University
Peter Somogyi
Peter Somogyi University of Oxford
Holly Bridge
Holly Bridge University of Oxford
Chi-Hung Juan
Chi-Hung Juan National Central University
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health

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