Occipital lobe

Question 1

Function

Answer 1

Primary visual area of the brain. Receives projection from the retina, via the thalamus and encodes visual information such as colour, orientation and motion.

Question 2

What parts of the brain does the occipital lobe communicate with?

Answer 2

Receives information from the retina via the thalamus
Communicates with the temporal lobe via the ventral stream to process what objects are
Communicates with the parietal lobe via the dorsal stream to process where objects are located