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> Scientists have believed for a long time that severe damage to the visual cortex in the left side of your brain will leave you unable to see out of your right
by bjornsing 5y ago
> Scientists have believed for a long time that severe damage to the visual cortex in the left side of your brain will leave you unable to see out of your right eye, assuming that the ability to see out of one eye is largely due to the visual cortex on the opposite side.
IIRC it’s well known that the left hemisphere processes visual stimuli from the right field of view of both eyes…
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- gus_massa 5y agoI think you are correct. For example in https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Brain_injury_Eyes_and_vision/ https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Brain_injury_Eye... look at the graphic under the title "Visual field defect"