How to Use visual cortex in a Sentence

visual cortex

noun

• The retina is connected to the visual cortex, the part of the brain in the back of the head.
  — Wired, 25 Aug. 2019
• Waves that reach the visual cortex and cause visual symptoms are the most common type.
  — Abigail Libers, SELF, 24 Mar. 2022
• The neurons in the visual cortex that respond to the image of, say, a rose have no clue.
  — György Buzsáki, Scientific American, 14 May 2022
• As the mice watched the film clip, scientists eavesdropped on each one’s visual cortex.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 16 Dec. 2019
• Patterns of light falling on the retina send signals to the visual cortex in the back of the brain.
  — Elizabeth Finkel, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
• Even in the dark, the neurons of the visual cortex continue to chatter.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2019
• Or witness how technology can help the blind to see via an implant in the visual cortex.
  — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• The key is a structure called the lunate sulcus, which is part of the primary visual cortex.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 14 May 2018
• This is because other senses have taken over their visual cortex.
  — David Eagleman, Time, 29 Dec. 2020
• These details are, in large part, handled by neurons in lower areas of the visual cortex.
  — Susan R. Barry, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• The scientists aimed the ultrasound at the rats' visual cortices while flashing light in their eyes.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2019
• The visual system includes the eyes, the optic nerves that connect the eyes to the brain, and the brain’s visual cortex.
  — Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• The Allen researchers plunge those into the deepest regions of the visual cortex.
  — Wired, 15 Oct. 2019
• When the visual cortex tires, our ability to take in new information is reduced.
  — Emily Zak, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2021
• In this state, neurons in the visual cortex use almost 30% less energy at their synapses.
  — John Rennie, Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• The visual cortex is one of the brain's most complex mechanisms, comprised of hundreds of millions of neurons.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2019
• There, the device’s electrodes are well positioned to record activity from the visual cortex, a small area in the rear of the brain.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 2 Jan. 2020
• Low oxygen in the air can cause spasms in the arteries that supply blood to your visual cortex, the part of your brain responsible for your sight.
  — Brad Stulberg, Outside Online, 11 June 2018
• Low oxygen in the air can cause spasms in the arteries that supply blood to your visual cortex, the part of your brain responsible for your sight.
  — Brad Stulberg, Outside, 26 Mar. 2026
• Much work remains to fully understand how a brain’s visual cortex and the device interact.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• Also, these brain cells send messages directly to the visual cortex, which initiates the dreaming process.
  — Roberta McLain, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
• Above them, the somatosensory cortex; behind them, the visual cortex.
  — Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
• That’s why Brewer studies the brain’s visual cortex, where the bulk of our image processing happens.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 11 July 2019
• All told, 77% of neurons throughout the mice’s visual cortex responded to at least one thing the scientists showed them.
  — Sharon Begley, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2019
• Even in the visual cortex, Ziv found evidence of representational drift when mice watched the same movies over many days.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 June 2021
• Otherwise, if the visual system were deprived of input all night long, the visual cortex's function might degrade.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2020
• For the visual cortex to need defending, harmful neuroplasticity would need to occur in the space of a few hours.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2020
• The main area of interest is the hV4 region of the visual cortex, which has been shown to be more active in grapheme-color synesthetes.
  — Shanley Pierce, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2020
• In the absence of visual input, parts of the visual cortex come to specialize in processing non-visual stimuli.
  — Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
• Neural networks for images detect edges to find the shapes of objects in the image to get a grasp of what's going on—similar to what your visual cortex does.
  — Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, 17 May 2018