Visual Cortex

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The visual cortex is the part of the brain that processes visual information from the retinas. It's located in the occipital lobe of the primary cerebral cortex, which is in the rear of the brain.

The visual cortex receives sensory input from the eyes through the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus. The amount of visual information it receives and processes is huge.

The primary visual cortex (V1) is also known as Brodmann's area 17. It's located in the walls of the deep calcarine sulcus in the occipital lobe. Damage to the primary visual cortex can cause chronic blindness.

The visual cortex also encodes stimuli in working memory in a similar format to perception.

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