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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Example Sentences

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

Finding comparable maps in the visual cortex is especially exciting.

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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

The researchers also simulated the neural effects of sleep through low-frequency electrical stimulation of the visual cortex.

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Information travels from the eyes to the visual cortex for processing.

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