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Receptive field
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The portion of the visual field in which the presentation of visual stimuli will produce an alteration in the firing rate of a particular neuron
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Ventral stream
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the flow of information from the primary visual cortex to the visual association area in the lower temporal lobe; used to form the visual perception of an objects shape, color, and orientation
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Dorsal stream
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The flow of information from the primary visual cortex to the visual association area in the parietal lobe; used to perform the location of three dimensional space
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Achromatopsia
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The inability to discriminate colors; caused by damage to the visual association cortex
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Balint’s syndrome
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A syndrome caused by bilateral damage to the pretrial cortex; includes difficulty in perceiving the location of objects and in reaching the objects under visual guidance
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Prosopagnosia
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A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty in the recognition of people’s faces; may be accompanied by difficulty in recognizing other complex objects; caused by damage to the visual association cortex
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