visual cortex
noun
: a sensory area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex receiving afferent nerve fibers concerned with vision
called also visual area
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That patient has a 400-electrode device implanted in the visual cortex as part of a collaborative research effort called the Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Project (ICVP).
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IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2024
Neuralink and some others, meanwhile, are aiming to bypass the eye completely and stimulate the brain’s visual cortex instead.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
Most surprisingly, after training, both blind and sighted participants also showed visual cortex activation in response to audible echoes.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
The reason why the movie generated by electrodes is so blurry is because neurons in the human visual cortex do not represent tiny dots or pixels.
—Geoffrey Boynton, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2024
Neuralink and some others, meanwhile, are aiming to bypass the eye completely and stimulate the brain’s visual cortex instead.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
Most surprisingly, after training, both blind and sighted participants also showed visual cortex activation in response to audible echoes.
—Simon Makin, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
The reason why the movie generated by electrodes is so blurry is because neurons in the human visual cortex do not represent tiny dots or pixels.
—Geoffrey Boynton, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Visual cortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20cortex. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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