There are two main theories that pertain to the role of the primary visual cortex (V1 ... a subset of cortical visual areas (schematic diagram). This review focuses on neural localizationist ...

The primary visual brain cortex is normally regarded as the area ... unexpected or difficult to account for -- as in the adjacent diagram.

Neuroscientists have produced the largest wiring diagram and functional map of ... upon a part of this region called the primary visual cortex, involved in the first stage of the brain's ...

If it's Super Bowl Sunday, the visual system sees those carrots on a veggie tray before the prefrontal cortex knows they exist. Published April 11 in Nature Communications, the study provides some ...

People born without sight apparently process math in their visual cortex. The findings come from a newly published Johns Hopkins study, and add support to the idea that when it comes to "nature ...

Injuries to the posterior occipital cortex are common in humans. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to long-term visual impairment (like loss of visual acuity). For example, estimates suggest ...

Blindsight is a condition that results from damage to the primary visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for vision. Even though the injury causes vision loss, other parts of the brain ...

In people with sight, the visual cortex is responsible for processing visual information and is not involved in maths. But this brain area, which is not needed for vision by people who have never ...

Are there areas of the cerebral cortex purely devoted to vision? Or can the "visual" cortex, under some conditions, respond to sounds? Two papers published recently address this question. First off, ...

The findings help clarify the neural basis of perception and offer a deeper understanding of the visual cortex in the brain. “Prior research has shown that visual clutter has an effect on the target ...

Dynamic stimulation of the visual cortex allows blind and sighted people to 'see' shapes Date: May 14, 2020 Source: Cell Press Summary: A team of investigators has described an approach in which ...