the occipital lobe of the brain controls the visual processing center.
the occipital lobe of the brain controls the visual processing center.
what does the occipital lobe of the brain control?
visual processing center
the occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. the occipital lobe is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex. the primary visual cortex is brodmann area 17, commonly called v1 (visual one). human v1 is located on the medial side of the occipital lobe within the calcarine sulcus; the full extent of v1 often continues onto the posterior pole of the occipital lobe. v1 is often also called striate cortex because it can be identified by a large stripe of myelin, the stria of gennari. visually driven regions outside v1 are called extrastriate cortex. there are many extrastriate regions, and these are specialized for different visual tasks, such as visuospatial processing, color differentiation, and motion perception. the name derives from the overlying occipital bone, which is named from the latin ob, "behind", and caput, "the head". bilateral lesions of the occipital lobe can lead to cortical blindness (see anton's syndrome).
occipital lobe
the ventral stream pathway begins with purely visual information in the primary visual cortex (occipital lobe), and then this information is transferred to the temporal lobe.









































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located at the back of the brain, the occipital lobes receive and process visual information. the occipital lobes also process colors and shapes. whereas the right occipital lobe interprets images from the left visual space, the left occipital lobe interprets images from the right visual space. damage to the occipital lobes can permanently damage visual perception









































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