PSYB65H3 Chapter 6: PSYB65 Chapter 6 Detailed chapter notes
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Three main types of sensory cortex: primary sensory cortex first part of the cortex that receives information relayed from the senses through the thalamus. Of the visual cortical areas, has the most direct access to the information provided by the sensory systems: secondary sensory cortex. Receives much of its information from the primary sensory cortex. Is highly interconnected receives information from other areas of the secondary sensory cortex. Sends information to association cortex: association cortex. Any area of the cortex that receives information from more than one sense. At the level of the eye, there are large number of specialized receptors that have one function to transform light into signals that are meaningful in the nervous system. At the level of the association cortex, job is more complex to integrate information from a number of sensory systems into a perception of the outside world.
