L11_High_Level_Sensory_Perception_Annotated

Dorsal Stream

Also known as the 'Where Pathway', processes visual information regarding where objects are and how they are moving.

Ventral Stream

Also known as the 'What Pathway', processes visual information related to identifying what things are.

Parallel Processing

The simultaneous processing of information in different areas of the brain to handle complex visual stimuli.

Agnosia

A condition where a person can see objects but cannot recognize or interpret them.

Akinetopsia

Also known as 'motion blindness', a type of agnosia where a person cannot perceive motion.

Optic Flow

The visual perception of movement as one moves through the environment, characterized by how different parts of the visual field move at different speeds.

Fusiform Face Area (FFA)

A region in the ventral stream of the brain that is particularly responsive to faces.

Hemispatial Neglect

A condition resulting from damage to one parietal lobe, causing a person to ignore visual information from the opposite side.

Hierarchical Coding Hypothesis

The theory that visual perception involves the brain breaking down an object into its basic features for identification.

Topographic Organization

The spatial arrangement in the sensory cortex that represents how sensory information is obtained, maintaining a map of that information.