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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The brain-computer interface uses ultra-fine threads to stimulate the visual cortex, creating perceptions of light and shapes.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
The chip will be wirelessly connected to an external video camera and implanted into the brain’s visual cortex.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2025
Connecting the retina to the visual cortex is a structure called the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN).
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2025
But da Costa and his team, as part of the Microns project, a large-scale effort to fully map out a 1-cubic-millimeter portion of a mouse’s visual cortex, discovered that inhibitory neurons are very specific in choosing what cells to inhibit.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
The chip will be wirelessly connected to an external video camera and implanted into the brain’s visual cortex.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2025
Connecting the retina to the visual cortex is a structure called the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN).
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2025
But da Costa and his team, as part of the Microns project, a large-scale effort to fully map out a 1-cubic-millimeter portion of a mouse’s visual cortex, discovered that inhibitory neurons are very specific in choosing what cells to inhibit.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Visual cortex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20cortex. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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