Positioned at the rear of the cerebral cortex, the occipital lobes are the main centres for visual processing, such as the interpretation of colour, shape and distance. Located within the ...

Tumors near the optic nerve (optic glioma) can directly damage the nerve, leading to vision loss in one or both eyes. Additionally, tumors in the occipital lobe, the brain region responsible for ...

the parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe—with one of each on either half of the brain. The cerebral cortex is the thin, outermost layer of the cerebrum, extending across all the brain’s lobes.

While words (spoken or written) are processed in the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere, just behind the ear, visual images are processed in the occipital lobe of the primary cerebral cortex ...