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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That might be because the visual cortex is highly organized.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 June 2021

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024