The Occipital Lobe, Visual Cortex - Location and Function

In this video, Dr. Kushner talks about the occipital lobe. While the occipital lobe is the smallest of the four lobes of the cerebral cortex, it is arguably the most important region of the brain because it processes information from the eyes in order to see the world. 👀👀👀👀
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Related videos: Visual Pathway: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKDdonaeh7RjsLssi=Ug2ABvwys6zHgt5n Temporal lobe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5WVc5Kart2qd9ksi=uRbZ5ejjHwfRX6JZ Parietal lobe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXuofH5pr65qjrMsi=sru6KxxJCCLJCFxN Frontal lobe: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIvZoY2Mi7qjjZosi=1YrUnCFIN12QSl5t

[@blakemcmahan3960]

Great video. I’ve struggled with this area of my brain after concussions. Excited to get better by understanding this

[@PsychExplained]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anjalikhatkar4105]

My brain trying not to have a stroke while studying itself is peak irony 🤣

[@rosiaamedommesulemana5580]

love the energy ....beautifully explained

[@edgy1327]

THANKSSS SO MUCHHH, I NEEDED THIS FOR HOMEWORK AND U HELPED SOOO MUCH HAVE A GREAT DAY

[@amitsharma8337]

This was brilliantly explained

[@ryanziller220]

Assuming that your brain can talk? There is an internal monologue that resonates with auditory awareness.

[@pingukutepro]

In sciene world, either you can prove it or hypothesis and assumption

[@ryanziller220]

@@pingukutepro Are you saying that you have not developed 'an inner voice'.

[@pingukutepro]

@@ryanziller220 No I am saying you are too sure on what you are saying. What I said didnt have anything to do with me personally so you dont have to guess.

[@ryanziller220]

@@pingukutepro I was too vague.

[@aliale979]

Wow that’s amazing you touched it completely 🙏🏻

[@Zahra00aftab]

So cool. I was just studying occipital lobe lesions. This clarifies a lot.

[@calisthenicsindia8498]

Absolutely soo helpful

[@yaha1313131313]

Thank you much!

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Ive only just found your channel and I think its fabulous....thank you so much.

[@PsychExplained]

Welcome!! Hope you enjoy the videos. Happy learning :)

[@mutiantait]

That was so helpful! Thank you so much!

[@timothywise9731]

How enlightening. Not that I am studying medicine but this information will help me establish philosophical meaning of how we know things, how we see the world and how we understand it so we become wiser.

[@PsychExplained]

Glad I could help!

[@pingukutepro]

When you think you are wise and put wise in your name. That prove you arent

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Thanks so much it's helpful

[@tellthetruth8069]

Thank you thank you I was trying to find a video that explains what is not working properly in the brain of a dyslexic person. I watched tens of videos, but you explained it the best without using the word dyslexic.

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So happy you enjoyed watching!

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This is amazing

[@kedimamasisevenkiz]

Thank you very much

[@brightphoebus]

Thanks. Good lesson.

[@ravedabibi4174]

Much appreciated 👍

[@veronicasawyer77]

I had an OL stroke a year ago this week. one of the hardest things to explain to ppl is how my vision is now. it’s so bizarre and changes everything

[@moacirbarbosacastro8923]

My father had it 3 months ago and can't read, is saying that everyone is bigger than before. Did you recover your reading?

[@veronicasawyer77]

@@moacirbarbosacastro8923 it really does feel impossible to be able to put into words. However, some things that I’ve helped my family were watching KZbin videos from doctors or caretakers of people with cortical blindness. There is also a simulated photo, which I believe is on Reddit that is designed to mimic how we see. Considering my vision is so impaired, it’s hard to comment on the accuracy of that photo, but I can say that closely resembles what things look like to me. I am not completely blind, but I am nearly text blind so right now I am using dictation to type this.

[@zehrasuzer4144]

Thank you!:)

[@Dr-789]

Good explaination

[@PsychExplained]

Check your understanding: What is the correct visual pathway to the brain? A. retina - optic nerve - thalamus (LGN) - visual cortex B. optic nerve - cornea - hippocampus - visual cortex C. retina - thalamus (LGN) - optic nerve - auditory cortex D. lens - optic nerve - amygdala - visual cortex E. retina - optic nerve - thalamus (LGN) - gustatory cortex

[@DioBrando-qj7mw]

is the answer A? good video btw

[@calisthenicsindia8498]

A is the answer

[@Zahra00aftab]

A

[@Sam_1964]

Outstanding teacher. Please at end of video put yourself to the side so we can take a screen shot. Thanks a lot

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Love the intro 😍

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[@PsychExplained]

Thank you!🙏🏻

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Thank you thank you

[@PsychExplained]

You are very welcome

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You are an amazing speaker I will subscribe and like

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Thank you! Welcome

[@thediaryofomi4880]

if occipital lobe are infarct then what can i do and what is the treatment?

[@renees1021]

TMI. My brother has early onset Alzheimer's starting in the bilateral occepital lobes. Just introducing myself to the whats what of things. I followed stimuli to the back of the head. Thank you.

[@PsychExplained]

So sorry to hear that. I hope my video helped clarify some things about the brain.

[@ShwappaJ]

I'm a grown ass man learning more about the brain in 12 minutes than all of school has taught me

[@robertdavis9246]

Wish that you had been my anatomy instructor.

[@karamjotkaur9396]

So cool way better than school

[@maniax3064]

Is there any way to re route(wire) or heal this area of the brain? Former mma fighter and veteran suffering from this and there was one random day somehow the problem was fixed and it was amazing but eventually disappeared

[@PsychExplained]

Thank you for your service! This is definitely a question for a neurologist...but as a general rule of thumb damage to the brain usually takes a long time to heal.

[@christianholscher8888]

Regarding prosopagnosia: you finish with the impediment being due to damage in the occipital lobe, makes more sense that it would be due to the temporal lobe or the communicitation between them since that is what enables recognition and "remembering; "have I seen this before... Thoughts?

[@PsychExplained]

Definitely! Damage to the fusiform gyrus (temporal lobe) in conjunction with the occipital lobe

[@christianholscher8888]

@@PsychExplained Thanks a lot! Gonna ace my exam in neuropsych next week, definetly thanks to you! Keep it up

[@joshuajoseph8849]

Do you think I'd be wrong for saying it only detects color and everything else like movement and shape, are a result of the space the color occupies.

[@ryanziller220]

No. This person is White.

[@gpetaluma]

Wouldn't the pathway from the occipital lobe to the temporal lobe be simply through the Neocortex?

[@PsychExplained]

Yes, the ventral stream (pathway) in the cortex

[@AntonioJamarBrown]

Where were you when i was in high school and missed class😅😅😅😂😂😂

[@PsychExplained]

I was skipping too 😎

[@sumitrabrahma4466]

🙏

[@a1parslan436]

Where are v1, v2 and other visual areas?

[@PsychExplained]

Primary visual cortex (V1) and secondary visual cortex (V2) are both located in the occipital lobe. Also V3, V4, etc….

[@a1parslan436]

@@PsychExplained Is there any video that shows these areas in detailed? Great video btw. Thx a lot 😃🤗

[@ericafisette160]

We win BIIIiIG!🏆🏆✝️✝️

[@coo4231]

My grandpa had an occipital lobe stroke day before yesterday. Interesting. He's luckily not having trouble recognizing things or people, but fully lost vision in one eye. They're leaving the clot because it'd be more dangerous to do surgery which I didn't know they did sometimes.

[@PsychExplained]

I wish him a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

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[@moacirbarbosacastro8923]

How are you father doing? Mine had occipital lobe stroke 3 months ago, he lost a good deal of his vision but some recovery happend spontaneously, he can't read though.

[@coo4231]

@moacirbarbosacastro8923 we were lucky, vision was the only thing effected. The vision loss is permanent though.

[@fastrabbit87]

Speaking about memory, for some reason you remind me of Jerry Seinfeld.

[@PsychExplained]

I’ll take that as a compliment :)

[@divineoracle7944]

What's not being said is that if this is where our visual world takes place then everyone and everything including the universe itself is incredibly small and every single scientist, doctor, philosopher is imprisoned the same way. The world that you live in is incredibly tiny and it can never be proven otherwise

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Thank you for watching!