Iona Alexander
D.Phil
Post Doctoral Research Scientist
I am currently investigating sleep and emotional processing in individuals with eye disease, those born without eyes (congenital bilateral anophthalmia) or those who have lost their eyes later in life (acquired bilateral anophthalmia).
I am also working with a group of staff and patients in a secure mental health unit to understand more about sleep and light in this context.
Recent publications
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Isoluminant coloured stimuli are undetectable in blindsight even when they move.
Journal article
Alexander I. and Cowey A., (2013), Exp Brain Res, 225, 147 - 152
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Modulation of cortical excitability can speed up blindsight but not improve it.
Journal article
Cowey A. et al, (2013), Exp Brain Res, 224, 469 - 475
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Are hemianopic monkeys and a human hemianope aware of visual events in the blind field?
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Cowey A. and Alexander I., (2012), Exp Brain Res, 219, 47 - 57
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Language networks in anophthalmia: maintained hierarchy of processing in 'visual' cortex.
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Watkins KE. et al, (2012), Brain, 135, 1566 - 1577
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Detection of first- and second-order coherent motion in blindsight.
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Pavan A. et al, (2011), Exp Brain Res, 214, 261 - 271