Definitions for "Visual cortex"
the sensory area of the occipital lobe of the brain's cerebral cortex receiving afferent projection fibers and concerned with the sense of sight
The posterior region of the cortex, which is primarily responsible for processing visual information. Information from the retina is projected to the primary visual cortex (the most posterior). Further interpretation takes place, further forward, in the secondary visual cortex.
the area of the occipital lobes that processes visual input. (86, 160)