VENTRAL STREAM

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N., Pam M.S.
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a sequence of specialized visual areas inside the brain's cerebral cortex which begin inside the occipital lobe's striate cortex and project forward and then down into the lower temporal lobe.

VENTRAL STREAM: "The ventral strem is recognized unofficially as the "what" pathway of perception."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. VISUAL CORTEX
  2. NONSTRIATE VISUAL CORTEX
  3. EXTRASTRIATE VISUAL AREAS
  4. CALCARINE AREA
  5. VISUAL ASSOCIATION CORTEX
  6. OCCIPITAL CORTEX
  7. PARIETAL LOBE
  8. STRIATE CORTEX
  9. FUSIFORM GYRUS
  10. BRODMANN'S AREA
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "VENTRAL STREAM," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 29, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/ventral-stream/ (accessed May 8, 2021).
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