Visual cortex

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Visual cortex topic overview

The analysis highlights Primary visual cortex (V1), V6 and Psychological model of the neural processing of visual information as prominent areas in the source structure around Visual cortex.

Related topics: 100
Source areas: 10
Connected nodes: 110
Extracted relationships: 105
Concept neighborhoods: 41
Bridge connections: 110

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Primary visual cortex (V1) · 30 topics

Overview · 14 topics

V6 · 11 topics

Psychological model of the neural processing of visual information · 10 topics

Middle temporal visual area (V5) · 9 topics

V4 · 9 topics

Introduction · 8 topics

V2 · 4 topics

Function · 3 topics

Third visual cortex, including area V3 · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

FMA: 242644
Latin: cortex visualis
MeSH: D014793
NeuroLex ID: nlx_143552

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Brain
Cerebral cortex
Visual information Visual perception
Occipital lobe
Sensory input Sensory input?action=edit&redlink=1
Eyes Eye
Lateral geniculate nucleus
Thalamus
Brodmann area
Extrastriate Extrastriate cortex
Brodmann area 18
Brodmann area 19
Hemispheres of the brain Cerebral hemisphere
Visual field

Introduction

Psychological model of the neural processing of visual information

Primary visual cortex (V1)

Pattern recognition Pattern recognition (psychology)
Myelinated Myelin
Axons
Lateral geniculate body
Gray matter
Spatial frequency
Magnocellular Magnocellular cell
Parvocellular Parvocellular cell
Blind spots Blind spot (vision)
Fovea Fovea centralis
Cones Cone cell
Cortical magnification
Orientations Orientation (mental)
Spatial frequencies
Colors Color
Camera obscura
Retinal Retina
Binocular vision
Cortical columns Cortical column
David Hubel
Torsten Wiesel
Ocular dominance Ocular dominance columns
Gabor transform
Feedback
Pyramidal neurons Pyramidal cell
Edge detection
Saliency map
V1 Saliency Hypothesis
Superior colliculus
Perception of illusions Interindividual differences in perception

Function

V2

Third visual cortex, including area V3

V4

Extrastriate
Macaques Rhesus macaque
Inferotemporal cortex Inferior temporal gyrus
Homologue Homology (biology)
Dorsal prelunate gyrus Angular gyrus
Selective attention
Semir Zeki
Prelunate gyrus
Frontal eye fields

Middle temporal visual area (V5)

New World monkeys New World monkey
Old World monkeys Old World monkey
Perception of motion Motion perception
Eye movements Eye movement (sensory)
Koniocellular
LGN
Inferior pulvinar Pulvinar nuclei
Retrosplenial region
MST Medial superior temporal area

V6

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Visual cortex connects Entity context

The extracted context around Visual cortex shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Visual cortex → DP, In, It, PIT, This, V1, V2, V4, V4d, V4v, V5, Visual Another extracted example is Visual cortex → But, By, Each, For, In, IT, Neurons, The, This, V1. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to V4 · 12

Visual cortex → DP, In, It, PIT, This, V1, V2, V4, V4d, V4v, V5, Visual

related to Introduction · 10

Visual cortex → But, By, Each, For, In, IT, Neurons, The, This, V1

related to Primary visual cortex (V1) · 10

Visual cortex → II, III, In, It, Moreover, Neurons, Research, The, V1, VI

related to V6 · 10

Visual cortex → And, Both, DM, John Allman, Jon Kaas, POS, The, There, V5, V6

related to V2 · 9

Visual cortex → Additionally, The, This, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, Visual

related to Middle temporal visual area (V5) · 7

Visual cortex → In, MT, New World, Old World, The, The MT, V5

related to Function · 5

Visual cortex → In, Neighboring, The, This, V1

FMA · 1

Visual cortex → 242644

Latin · 1

Visual cortex → cortex visualis

MeSH · 1

Visual cortex → D014793

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

visual v1 cortex area neurons v2 field processing also v4 mt information areas dorsal primary connections ventral motion v3 brain

Visual cortex relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 105 structured relationships around Visual cortex. Examples in this analysis include Visual cortex → FMA → 242644 and Visual cortex → Latin → cortex visualis. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Visual cortex	FMA	242644	1.00	infobox
Visual cortex	Latin	cortex visualis	1.00	infobox
Visual cortex	MeSH	D014793	1.00	infobox
Visual cortex	NeuroLex ID	nlx_143552	1.00	infobox
Visual cortex	is a	most studied visual area in the brain	0.90	text
Visual cortex	located in	the occipital lobe	0.90	text
the Ebbinghaus illusion distort judgements of a perceptual nature	instance of	It has been shown that visual illusions	0.80	text
but when the subject responds with an action	instance of	It has been shown that visual illusions	0.80	text
such as grasping	instance of	It has been shown that visual illusions	0.80	text
no distortion occurs.Work such as that from Franz et al. suggests that both the action	instance of	It has been shown that visual illusions	0.80	text
perception systems are equally fooled by such illusions	instance of	It has been shown that visual illusions	0.80	text
grasping are not affected by pictorial illusions	instance of	provide strong support for the idea that skilled actions	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Visual cortex bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Visual, Primary and Area. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Visual cortex
- Visual
- Primary
- Area
- Brain
- V1
- Located
- Neurons
- V3
- V2
- Connections
- Areas
- Receives
visual cortex
- Visual
- Primary
- Area
- Brain
- V1
- Located
- Neurons
- V3
- V2
- Connections
- Areas
- Receives
brain
- V3
- Cortex
- Connections
- Information
- Primary
- Dorsal
- Area
- Receives
- V6
- Processing
- Within
- Visual
cerebral cortex
- Visual
- Primary
- Area
- Brain
- V1
- Located
- Neurons
- V3
- V2
- Connections
- Areas
- Receives
visual information
- Processing
- Visual
- V1
- Spatial
- Within
- Role
- Studies
- Complex
- Dorsal
- Motion
- Mt
- Retinotopic
brodmann area
- Visual
- Cortex
- V2
- V3
- V4
- V6
- Dm
- Primary
- Stream
- Also
- Located
- V5
brodmann area 18
- Visual
- Cortex
- V2
- V3
- V4
- V6
- Dm
- Primary
- Stream
- Also
- Located
- V5
brodmann area 19
- Visual
- Cortex
- V2
- V3
- V4
- V6
- Dm
- Primary
- Stream
- Also
- Located
- V5

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Visual cortex, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Visual cortex with Primary visual cortex (V1). Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Visual cortex — Primary visual cortex (V1) · splits 80 ⟂ 31

Visual cortex — Overview · splits 96 ⟂ 15

Visual cortex — V6 · splits 99 ⟂ 12

Visual cortex — Psychological model of the neural processing of visual information · splits 100 ⟂ 11

Visual cortex — V4 · splits 101 ⟂ 10

Visual cortex — Middle temporal visual area (V5) · splits 101 ⟂ 10

Visual cortex — Introduction · splits 102 ⟂ 9

Visual cortex — V2 · splits 106 ⟂ 5

Visual cortex — Function · splits 107 ⟂ 4

Visual cortex — Third visual cortex, including area V3 · splits 108 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Visual cortex

Nodes111

Edges110

Triples105

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.018018

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Visual cortex to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Primary visual cortex (V1), V6 & Psychological model of the neural processing of visual information, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Visual cortex · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout