occipital lobe Flashcards

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1
Q

blobs perceive ___ and inter blobs perceive ___

A

color, form and motion

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2
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blobs and interbolbs are located where

A

primary visual cortex (V1)

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3
Q

Primary visual cortex receives info from ___ and outputs to ___

A

LGN, other occipital areas

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4
Q

thin stripes are ___ and thick/pale stripes are ______

A

color perception, form and motion

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5
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stripes are found where

A

secondary visual cortex

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6
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the “how” and “where” stream

A

Dorsal

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7
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stream responsible for guiding grasping movements

A

dorsal

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8
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the “what” stream

A

Ventral

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9
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the area of the ventral stream responsible for object perception

A

inferior temporal cortex

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10
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the area of the ventral stream responsible for body movements

A

superior temporal cortex

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11
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three output pathways of the secondary visual cortex

A

output to parietal lobe (dorsal)
output to inferior temporal lobe (ventral)
output to superior temporal lobe (ventral)

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12
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T/F the left half of each retina gets info from right visual field and sends projections to the left brain

A

True

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13
Q

macular sparing is due to damage where?

A

unilateral damage to visual cortex

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14
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what part of the visual field is spaired in macular sparing

A

the central region

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15
Q

lesion in this vision area causes loss of colour cognition , can’t see or recall colour

A

V4 damage

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16
Q

lesion in this vision area causes inability to see objects in motion

A

V5 damage

17
Q

inability to recognize and object despite being able to perceive it

A

associative agnosia

18
Q

where might brain damage be in associative agnosia

A

anterior temporal lobe – ventral stream

19
Q

inability to recognize an object despite basic visual function like its colour shape and size

A

apperceptive agnosia

20
Q

apperceptive agnosia is the failure to perceive the object where as associative agnosia is not

A

TRUE

21
Q

Apperceptive agnosia is caused by damage to which area

A

occipital lobe damage

22
Q

someone who struggles with copying or matching objects as well as is unable to combine individual aspects to make a whole suffers from what

A

apperceptive agnosia

23
Q

someone who cannot name an object but is able to recognize differences between objects an copy the object suffers from what

A

associative agnosia

24
Q

inability to recognize faces

A

prosopagnosia

25
Q

Alexia is caused by damage to…

A

left fusiform and lingual areas

26
Q

a patient is unable to recognize written words but struggles less with seeing them letter by letter

A

Alexia

27
Q

if you are cortically blind you would have a lesion __

A

in area V1

28
Q

blindness to half the visual field due to damage in V1

A

hemianopia

29
Q

loss of vision in one quadrant of visual field

A

quadrantanopia

30
Q

person cannot see the medial half of their visual field (closest to the nose)

A

right nasal hemianopia

31
Q

vision is missing from the outer half of both the right and left visual fields

A

bitemporal blindness

32
Q

visual disturbances such as blindness, dimming, fogging, blurring occurring to an eye for seconds to minutes

A

monocular blindness

33
Q

retention of macular function despite losses to adjacent visual fields

A

monocular sparing