key parts of the visual system

• LOC - lateral occipital complex - object recognition
• OFA - occipital face area - early stages of face perception
• FFA - fusiform face area (inferior temporal lobe)
• PPA - parahippocampal place area (inferior temporo-occupital cortex) responds selectively to houses, places and visual scenes
• V1 - primary visual area. First stage of cortical processing and contains a map of the visual field.
• V2 - secondary visual cortex. It is important for integration of visual info
• V3 - visual processing of motion
• V4 - responsible for orientation, surface properties, colour and motion
• V6- dorsamedial area, self motion
• MT/ V5 - middle temporal. Involves the perception of visual motion
• dorsal stream - where/ action. Involves Motion, 3D shape, events, sequences and emotions. V7.V5, MST, V6 and V3
• Ventral stream - what/ perception. Involves outline, colour and form. Objects and facial identity. V1, V2, V8, V4, LOC, OFA, FFA, PPA