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Processing in Visual Cortex
•Light stimulates retinal cells, impulses are transmitted, info arrives in visual cortex creating a retinal map.
•Retina 2D and curved. Visual cortex convoluted.
How does brain extract meaningful
information?
Target
image causes excitation in the striate cortex [main visual cortex] of
the left hemisphere (monkey).
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