The patient D. B. became blind in the left half of his visual field after surgery but:
A)regained his sight after a long recovery.
B)could tell you where a flashing light was located in his blind area.
C)was only blind to the right half of the midline and never showed recovery.
D)filled in the scotoma left by the surgery at the cortical level.

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D.B. exhibited "blindsight," where he could detect and locate visual stimuli in his blind field without conscious awareness, indicating some visual processing capability despite the blindness.

The Patient D