Psychology / Unit 2 Psych 0219 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Occipital Lobe
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The idea
The occipital lobe processes visual information arriving from the eyes.
In practice
Damage to the occipital lobe produces blindness while the eyes themselves remain undamaged.
Where people slip
Seeing happens at the back of the head, not behind the eyes. The distance is the whole reason vision can be lost twice over.
Your place on the trail
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