Brain illustration (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Brain illustration

Caption

In this brain sketch, the area labeled V4 in the visual cortex receives nerve cell signals from the area labeled VLPFC in the prefrontal cortex (the cognitive area of the brain) during the complex task of recognizing partly hidden shapes. This drawing is of the brain structures in the rhesus monkey.

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Pasupathy Lab

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