PSYCH261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Saccade, Temporal Lobe, Parahippocampal Gyrus

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH261
• Professor: Daniel Smilek

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Module 5. 3 parallel processing in the visual cortex. One part of your brain sees shape, another sees color, another detects location, and another perceives movement. The primary visual cortex (v1) sends information to the secondary visual cortex (v2) which processes the information further and transmits it to additional areas. The connections in the visual cortex are reciprocal. From v2, the info branches out in several directions for specialized processing. Ex) v1 sends info to v2 and v2 sends info to v1. Researchers call the ventral stream through the te(cid:373)poral (cid:272)orte(cid:454) the (cid:862)(cid:449)hat(cid:863) path(cid:449)a(cid:455), because it is specialized for identifying and recognizing objects: respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455)i(cid:374)g o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:449)hat(cid:863)(cid:895) Researchers call the dorsal stream through the parietal (cid:272)orte(cid:454), o(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:272)alled the (cid:862)(cid:449)here(cid:863) path(cid:449)a(cid:455), is (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:272)alled the (cid:862)ho(cid:449)(cid:863) path(cid:449)a(cid:455), (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of its i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)(cid:272)e for (cid:448)isuall(cid:455) guided movements: respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for (cid:448)isual guida(cid:374)(cid:272)e of ar(cid:373) a(cid:374)d leg (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:894)(cid:862)ho(cid:449)(cid:863)(cid:895)