CH 5.3 Key Terms

Question 1

dorsal stream

Answer 1

visual path in the parietal cortex that helps the motor system locate objects; the “where” path

Question 2

fusiform gyrus

Answer 2

brain area of the inferior temporal cortex that recognizes faces

Question 3

inferior temporal cortex

Answer 3

portion of the cortex where neurons are highly sensitive to complex aspects of the shape of visual stimuli within very large receptive fields

Question 4

motion blindness

Answer 4

an impaired ability to perceive movement

Question 5

MT (or area V5)

Answer 5

area of the middle temporal lobe that is important for perception of visual motion

Question 6

MST

Answer 6

(medial superior temporal cortex), temporal cortex area that responds best to the expansion, contraction, or rotation of a visual display

Question 7

saccades

Answer 7

voluntary eye movements SAD. See Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

Question 8

prosopagnosia

Answer 8

the inability to recognize faces due to damage of several brain areas

Question 9

secondary visual cortex (area V2)

Answer 9

area of the brain that processes information from the primary visual cortex and transmits it to additional areas

Question 10

ventral stream

Answer 10

visual paths in the temporal cortex that are specialized for identifying and recognizing objects; the “what” path

Question 11

visual agnosia

Answer 11

an inability to recognize objects despite otherwise satisfactory vision