occipital lobe

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. the most posterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, behind the parietal and temporal lobes.

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occipital lobe British  

noun

1. the posterior portion of each cerebral hemisphere, concerned with the interpretation of visual sensory impulses

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occipital lobe Scientific  

/ ŏk-sĭp′ĭ-tl /

1. The rearmost lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, containing the main visual centers of the brain.

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Etymology

Origin of occipital lobe

First recorded in 1885–90

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occipital lobe

The occipital lobe is the visual processing area of the brain and strokes in this area can cause visual impairments and loss of sight.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024

There were also differences in the interaction between the hippocampus and the visual cortex, which is responsible for processing and integrating visual information in the brain and is located in the occipital lobe.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024

In particular, people with a smaller temporal lobe had greater volume in their dorsomedial occipital lobe, a region involved in visual association, when compared with FTD patients who were not artistically driven.

From Scientific American ● May 26, 2023

Brain activity, predominantly in the occipital lobe, provided enough information to re-create the layout and perspective of the photos being viewed, the researchers found.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 6, 2023

The fissura calcarina has its origin directly on the surface of the occipital lobe, does not receive until late the fissura parieto-occipitalis, and goes directly, on the right side, into the fissura hippocampi.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.