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visual cortex

American  

noun

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


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The team also used pattern visual evoked potentials – a painless test that measured how well signals travelled from the retina to the visual cortex.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

They are actively planning experiments that will begin with stimulation of the visual cortex and later move to higher-level regions in the frontal cortex.

From Science Daily Feb. 4, 2026

"We found not one, or two, but eight remarkably similar maps in the visual cortex!"

From Science Daily Dec. 23, 2025

But we do know that when you imagine something without actually receiving any visual stimulus from your retina, your primary visual cortex does get activated.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2025

In the daylight, the Rezaeis’ house was older and smaller than Mamou’s, the khaki muted enough that I could look at it without sustaining damage to my visual cortex.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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