The part of the occipital lobe responsible for processing visual information. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_cortex ]

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The visual cortex is made up of Brodmann area 17 (the primary visual cortex), and Brodmann area 18 and Brodmann area 19, the extrastriate cortical areas, in humans.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Brodmann_areas_17_18_19.png

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higher-order visual cortex

visual areas

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