visual cortex
noun
: a sensory area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex receiving afferent nerve fibers concerned with vision
called also visual area
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Six years later, scientists at Yale showed that at the precise moment of conscious awareness of stimuli, a wave of electrical activity flows from the visual cortex located at the rear of the brain to the frontal lobes.
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Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
An animation shows all 1,800 cells along a single column of visual cortex in a mouse's brain.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Indeed, the researchers were able to observe activity in the primary visual cortex, which confirmed that the goggles were properly transmitting sharp images to the rodents' retinas.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
Neuralink and some others, meanwhile, are aiming to bypass the eye completely and stimulate the brain’s visual cortex instead.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
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Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
An animation shows all 1,800 cells along a single column of visual cortex in a mouse's brain.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Indeed, the researchers were able to observe activity in the primary visual cortex, which confirmed that the goggles were properly transmitting sharp images to the rodents' retinas.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2024
Neuralink and some others, meanwhile, are aiming to bypass the eye completely and stimulate the brain’s visual cortex instead.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for visual cortex
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“Visual cortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20cortex. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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