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| the region of cortex where most visual informaiton first arrives |
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| the region of cortex that recieves direct projection form the primary cortex |
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| Visual Association Cortex |
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| the region of cortex that recieves inputs from the secondary visual cortex and from other secondary cortices |
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| damage to the primary visual cortex that can cause blindness in the corresponding area of the visual field |
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| the ability of patients to respond to stimuli in their scotomas even though they have no conscious awareness of the stimuli. This phenomenon may de due to islands of spared tissue |
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| visual informaiton that flows from the primary visual cortes to the parietal cortex, thought to specialize in visual spatial perception (what vs. where theory) or visually guided behavior (action vs. perception theory) |
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| visual information that flows from the primary visual cortex to the interotemporal cortex, thought to specialize in visual pattern recognition (what vs. where theory) or conscious visual perception (action vs. perception theory) |
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| the failure to visually recongnize objects that is not attributable to sensory dificit of to verbal or intellectual impairment |
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| a specific region within the vental stream of the inferior temporal lobe (part of the fusiform gyrus) that is specialized for face recognition |
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damage to the FFA can lead to a visual agnosia for faces only
Do not recognize faces |
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Hemispatial Neglect
(Neglect Syndrome) |
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| damage to the posterior parietal cortex can lead to a deficit in attention to the opposite or contralateral side of space |
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