Visual Cortex

Definition: Visual Cortex

Visual Cortex

Noun

1. The cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus.

Specialty Definitions: Visual Cortex

Domain	Definitions
Health	Area of the occipital lobe concerned with vision. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Visual cortex

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The visual cortex is the part of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for processing visual stimuli. It is located at the back of the brain in the occipital lobe. It is highly specialized for processing information about static and moving objects and is excellent in pattern recognition.

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Synonym: Visual Cortex

Synonym: visual area (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Visual Cortex

Specialty definitions using "visual cortex": Evoked Potentials, Evoked Potentials, Visual ♦ Geniculate Bodies ♦ lunate sulcus ♦ Prefrontal Cortex ♦ visual pathway. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Visual Cortex

Domain	Title
Books	Cerebral Cortex: Visual Cortex (reference) Functional Organisation of the Human Visual Cortex (reference) Models of the Visual Cortex (reference) Neural Computation of Pattern Motion : Modeling Stages of Motion Analysis in the Primate Visual Cortex (reference) Neuronal Operations in the Visual Cortex (Studies of Brain Function, Vol 11) (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Visual Cortex

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
visual cortex	11
primary visual cortex	4
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Modern Translations: Visual Cortex

Language		Translations for "visual cortex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		corticale synscenter, centrale synscenter. (various references)

Finnish		näköaivokuoren toiminnallinen eriytyminen (functional specialization in the visual cortex). (various references)

French		aire corticale visuelle. (various references)

German		visueller Kortex, tertialer optische:Kortex, sekundärer Kortex, Sehrinde, primärer Kortex, optischer Kortex. (various references)

Italian		corteccia visiva, arca calcarina. (various references)

Pig Latin		isualvay ortexcay

Spanish		especialización funcional de la corteza visual (functional specialization in the visual cortex). (various references)

Swedish		korresponderande neuron i synbarken (correlated neurons in the visual cortex), funktionell specialisering av synbarken (functional specialization in the visual cortex). (various references)
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