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first visual area — noun the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision • Syn: ↑striate cortex, ↑striate area, ↑area 17 of Brodmann, ↑Brodmann s area 17 • … Useful english dictionary
visual cortex — n VISUAL AREA * * * the area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex concerned with vision; it consists of the first visual area or striate c. (Brodmann area 17) and two other areas, the second visual area or parastriate area (Brodmann area… … Medical dictionary
Visual cortex — Brain: Visual cortex View of the brain from behind. Red = Brodmann area 17 (primary visual cortex); orange = area 18; yellow = area 19 … Wikipedia
Visual system — The visual system includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain. The illustration shows the mammalian system. The visual system is the part of the central nervous system which enables… … Wikipedia
Visual modularity — In cognitive neuroscience, visual modularity is an organizational concept concerning how vision works. The way in which the primate visual system operates is currently under intense scientific scrutiny. One dominant thesis is that different… … Wikipedia
area 17 of Brodmann — noun the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision • Syn: ↑striate cortex, ↑striate area, ↑first visual area, ↑Brodmann s area 17 •… … Useful english dictionary
Visual calculus — by Mamikon Mnatsakanian (known as Mamikon) is an approach to solving a variety of integral calculus problems.[1] Many problems that would otherwise seem quite difficult yield to the method with hardly a line of calculation, often reminiscent of… … Wikipedia
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas — encompasses the visual artistic traditions of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present. These include works from South America, Mesoamerica, North America including Greenland, as well as Siberian Yup ik peoples who … Wikipedia
Visual networking — refers to an emerging class of user applications that combine digital video and social networking capabilities. It is based upon the premise that visual literacy, the ability to interpret, negotiate and make meaning from information presented in… … Wikipedia
Visual arts of the United States — refers to the history of painting and visual art in the United States. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, artists primarily painted landscapes and portraits in a realistic style. A parallel development taking shape in rural… … Wikipedia
