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Which part of the brain is responsible for the perception of visual images?
Which part of the brain is responsible for the perception of visual images?
- Dorsal and ventral streams
- Primary visual cortex (correct)
- Left and right LGNs
- Visual reflexes
What happens to the size of the column in the visual cortex if one eye is dominant?
What happens to the size of the column in the visual cortex if one eye is dominant?
- It stays the same
- It decreases
- It increases (correct)
- It becomes distorted
What can lead to the dominance of one eye for vision?
What can lead to the dominance of one eye for vision?
- Uncorrected short/long sight in one eye (correct)
- Cortical magnification and distortion
- Mental 'focusing' on parts of the image
- Suppression and amblyopia in strabismus
Which part of the brain is responsible for mentally 'focusing' on parts of the image?
Which part of the brain is responsible for mentally 'focusing' on parts of the image?
Can the dominance of one eye for vision be reversed later in life?
Can the dominance of one eye for vision be reversed later in life?