what and where visual pathways
Visual Pathways. Visual Pathways: neuroscientists distinguish between two visual systems. The âWhat Systemâ is located on the junction of the occipital and temporal lobes, and is involved in object recognition.
a pathway over which a visual sensation is transmitted from the retina to the brain. A pathway consists of an optic nerve, the fibers of an optic nerve traveling through the optic chiasm to the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus, and optic radiations terminating in an occipital lobe. Each optic nerve contains fibers from only one retina.