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What is the main difference between ocular blindness and cortical blindness?
Ocular blindness is caused by eye dysfunction, while cortical blindness is caused by brain dysfunction.
Which pathway of the visual system is responsible for 'What' processing?
Ventral pathway to the temporal cortex
Visual information processes in greater detail in which part of the brain?
Occipital cortex
Which type of lesion would primarily affect landmark discrimination?
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What does cortical blindness refer to?
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Which part of the brain processes 'Where' information in the visual system?
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Which pathway is disrupted in a patient with visual neglect?
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Visual agnosia results from damage to which part of the brain?
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What is disrupted in a patient with visual agnosia?
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In the visual system, the retina is responsible for:
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Which part of the visual system is described as a 'waystation'?
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Which part of the brain is the primary termination point for Optic Tract fibers?
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What type of lesion results in blindness in the contralateral visual field?
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Which area of the brain deals with complex aspects of vision and can result in visual agnosia if lesioned?
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A lesion that results in blindness of the right eye belongs to which type of defect?
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Where are upper visual fields projected in the brain?
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Which structure within the optic tract projections is responsible for pupillary light reflexes?
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