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• visual area — n a sensory area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex receiving afferent projection fibers concerned with the sense of sight called also visual cortex * * * see under cortex …   Medical dictionary

• visual area — noun the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus • Syn: ↑visual cortex • Hypernyms: ↑cortical area, ↑cortical region * * * noun : a sensory area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex… …   Useful english dictionary

• visual area — noun see visual cortex …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• visual area first — striate cortex …   Medical dictionary

• visual area second — parastriate a …   Medical dictionary

• visual area third — peristriate a …   Medical dictionary

• visual cortex — n VISUAL AREA * * * the area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex concerned with vision; it consists of the first visual area or striate c. (Brodmann area 17) and two other areas, the second visual area or parastriate area (Brodmann area… …   Medical dictionary

• first visual area — noun the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision • Syn: ↑striate cortex, ↑striate area, ↑area 17 of Brodmann, ↑Brodmann s area 17 • …   Useful english dictionary

• Visual cortex — Brain: Visual cortex View of the brain from behind. Red = Brodmann area 17 (primary visual cortex); orange = area 18; yellow = area 19 …   Wikipedia

• Visual modularity — In cognitive neuroscience, visual modularity is an organizational concept concerning how vision works. The way in which the primate visual system operates is currently under intense scientific scrutiny. One dominant thesis is that different… …   Wikipedia

• Visual system — The visual system includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain. The illustration shows the mammalian system. The visual system is the part of the central nervous system which enables… …   Wikipedia