visual cortex

noun

1. the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.

Example Sentences

The team began their search for answers in the brain's visual cortex.

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"Neurons in the visual cortex fire when presented with the appropriate visual stimulus. The neurons we're studying show place preferences."

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"Our research therefore shows that fundamental visual information is transmitted with differential encoding to 'higher' areas of the brain like the visual cortex in different phases of arousal," summarizes neurobiologist Laura Busse.

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Often when a person is blind, some or part of the eye is damaged, but the visual cortex in the brain is still functioning and waiting for input.

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As people age -- even in good health -- the brain becomes less precise in how different classes of visual information are represented in the visual cortex.

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