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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Waves that reach the visual cortex and cause visual symptoms are the most common type.
    Abigail Libers, SELF, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The Allen researchers plunge those into the deepest regions of the visual cortex.
    Wired, 15 Oct. 2019
  • As the mice watched the film clip, scientists eavesdropped on each one’s visual cortex.
    Sharon Begley, STAT, 16 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • At the same time, the visual cortex ramps up its activity.
    Jennifer King Lindley, Health.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • The scientists aimed the ultrasound at the rats' visual cortices while flashing light in their eyes.
    Simon Makin, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2019
  • CNNs are similar in structure to the brain's visual cortex.
    Haomiao Huang, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Or witness how technology can help the blind to see via an implant in the visual cortex.
    Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In a 2013 study, researchers estimated visual cortex volume based on the size of orbits, or the holes in skulls for eyes.
    Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2018
  • The researchers do it by stimulating an area called V1, which is part of the visual cortex, a patch of neurons at the back of every primate's head.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 24 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • These details are, in large part, handled by neurons in lower areas of the visual cortex.
    Susan R. Barry, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • In this state, neurons in the visual cortex use almost 30% less energy at their synapses.
    John Rennie, Quanta Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Because the oscillations are induced visually, the plaque reduction seen by the study is limited to the visual cortex of the brain, and seems to wear off in about a day.
    Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, 11 Jan. 2017
  • 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
  • The food-specific neurons live in the visual cortex—the part of the brain that processes information relayed from the eyes—and fire in response to food photos.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • The primary visual cortex, in the occipital lobe, at the rear of the head, then sends out these signals—which are conveying things like edges, colors, and motion.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
  • That might be because the visual cortex is highly organized.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 June 2021
  • The sensors can be attached to the back of the head, the location best for detecting EEG signals from the visual cortex, the area of the brain processing visual information.
    IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2023
  • So there’s a lot of neuroscience about how vision works and how the eye and retina and visual cortex work, but none of that says anything about the conscious experience of seeing.
    Angela Chen, The Verge, 6 July 2018

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