PSYC 363 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Lateral Geniculate Nucleus, Alexander Parvus, Lisa Lopes
17 May 2016
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From the eye to the brain: the optic chiasm, the left and right optic nerves travel only a few centimeters until they meet at the optic chiasm: i. The location where the optic nerves from the two eyes split in half, with half the axons from each eye crossing over to the other hemisphere of the brain: the optic tract, the right optic tract: i. The axons from the rgcs in the right half of the right eye and the right half of the left eye combine into the right optic tract: Continues into the right hemisphere of the brain: the left optic tract: i. The axons from the rgcs in the left half of the right eye and the left half of the left eye combine into the left optic tract: Continues into the left hemisphere of the brain: contralateral organization, opposite organization: i.
