Kentridge, Heywood, and Weiskrantz Kentridge, Heywood, and Weiskrantz used the phenomenon of blindsight to investigate the connection between visual attention and visual awareness. They wanted to see if their subject—who exhibited blindsight in other studies—could react more quickly when their attention was cued without the ability to be visually aware of it. The researchers aimed to show that being conscious of a stimulus and paying attention to it was not the same thing.
Kentridge, Hey:woo,d, and Weiskrantz Kentridge, Heywood, and Weiskrantz used the phenomenon of blindsight to investigate the connection between visual attention a.nd ,visual awareness. They wanted to see if their subject—who exhibited blindsight in other studies—could react more quickly when their attention was cued without the ability to be visually aware of it. The researchers aimed to show that being co,nscious of a stimulus and paying attention to it was not the same thing.