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visual cortex

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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

Finding comparable maps in the visual cortex is especially exciting.

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

The team used BARseq to map the brains of nine mice and traced gene expression in each mouse's visual cortex.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

Her optic nerve is transmitting those signals to her visual cortex.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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