Visual Processing and the Visual Cortex

We learned about the structure of the eye in the Anatomy and Physiology series. But how do we process visual information? Light hits the retina at the back of the eye, and then what happens? Well quite a lot, to be honest! We have to go deeper regarding retinal structure, neural pathways to the brain, and the regions of the brain that receive and process this information, which are collectively referred to as the visual cortex. So let's get a closer look!
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  • @TH6NAM6L6SSv3
    @TH6NAM6L6SSv33 жыл бұрын

    Bruh, I read the section in my textbook on this about 15 times, and it just didnt click. You sir, are a gentleman and scholar.

  • @unboxer2487
    @unboxer24872 жыл бұрын

    Honestly speaking, this is the best video for vision explanation I have seen so far. Detailed, short, talking slowly and writing the key points. Perfect for teaching . Thanks professor Dave.

  • @deanwidiani3244

    @deanwidiani3244

    6 ай бұрын

    (2)!!! agreed. it helps a lot!

  • @monisshathiagu2971
    @monisshathiagu29713 жыл бұрын

    [ 10:17 ] Just a tweak: glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter, and this is not an exception in the eye. The way it inhibits signal transduction, rather, is by stimulating the release of GABA in horizontal cells, which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter.

  • @wrldrcrds6946

    @wrldrcrds6946

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank youu soo much. I got cofused at that part of the video.

  • @nonamefound9296

    @nonamefound9296

    2 жыл бұрын

    Heeey thank you so much I was getting confused

  • @joneriksen9257

    @joneriksen9257

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nonamefound9296 Thanks. I was confused

  • @HarryNicNicholas

    @HarryNicNicholas

    2 жыл бұрын

    do you know what form information about light takes in order for the brain to create an image? how does the electr-chemical signal contain information? i hope this is clear.

  • @kadri246

    @kadri246

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is this the reason why light therapy is a treatment?

  • @mariesellers953
    @mariesellers9532 жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was taking Gen Chem 4 years ago, your videos helped me understand things so well. Now that I'm taking upper neuroscience courses, you're STILL pulling through. You're a God sent!!

  • @KamauriKing-ii5ke

    @KamauriKing-ii5ke

    8 ай бұрын

    His shoulders needed to hide there is an alphabet

  • @voidofmisery4810
    @voidofmisery48103 жыл бұрын

    I am learning this in college now, and you made this subject so much easier to understand!!! Thank you so much! I am so grateful for this!

  • @jamesh6441
    @jamesh64414 жыл бұрын

    You the TRUTH Prof. Dave! I truly appreciate everything you do on here!

  • @centsury
    @centsury4 жыл бұрын

    You’re really helping me getting through midterms! Thank you so much! Can’t wait for more videos on this subject.

  • @mitsunori222000
    @mitsunori2220004 жыл бұрын

    Just what I've been waiting for. Thanks.

  • @knoz35
    @knoz352 жыл бұрын

    In university it took 40 hours to complete all this. and you just made it possible to understand in 16 minutes. just wow. amazing!!

  • @emat731
    @emat7313 жыл бұрын

    This was very informative and helpful, thank you!

  • @RockerProf
    @RockerProf Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. Your visual graphics very well done and helpful.Thank you for making this. It helps me understand much better how musicians process sight reading musical notes.

  • @jean-antoinenorbert1346
    @jean-antoinenorbert13464 жыл бұрын

    Really great content and presentation!

  • @marianbundel1229
    @marianbundel1229 Жыл бұрын

    Simply amazing. Thank you very much Dave!!!!

  • @fredericomarques4230
    @fredericomarques4230Ай бұрын

    Great job Professor, a really complete session about vision and all its path!! Congrats!

  • @lordpredator8855
    @lordpredator88554 жыл бұрын

    Hello Professor Dave. I am admiring the work that you do, I want to suggest a topic for a future video. Can you please explain, how does fermentation and mould work. Thank you

  • @CamronWiltshire
    @CamronWiltshire3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thanks Professor Dave!

  • @hypothesised4453
    @hypothesised44532 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this v concise explanation of the three weeks of class content i missed while i was ill! :,)

  • @agnesetretjakova5405
    @agnesetretjakova54053 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for great explanation! 🙏

  • @LiftersClinic
    @LiftersClinic2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent review of the intersections topics that unite cell biology to organism.

  • @MG-oi2zy
    @MG-oi2zy8 ай бұрын

    Excellent explainations!

  • @roksanadawil
    @roksanadawil3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, that helped me a lot :) I learnt more about how does the visual system in our minds work :)

  • @isaiasyoyo
    @isaiasyoyo2 жыл бұрын

    Helpful video. detailed, thank you.

  • @Zetsuke4
    @Zetsuke44 жыл бұрын

    Very well explained Professor Dave.

  • @ErisvaldoJunior
    @ErisvaldoJunior4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot from Brazil!

  • @mahekmamgain1008
    @mahekmamgain10083 жыл бұрын

    Sir your videos are literally great and they are really helping me in college.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @pratikdeshmukh241
    @pratikdeshmukh2414 жыл бұрын

    Nicely explain

  • @ahababkhan6803
    @ahababkhan68033 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for special lacture ❤️ keep it up please

  • @wa8642
    @wa8642 Жыл бұрын

    Im speechless. This is too good

  • @itzikovadia851
    @itzikovadia8512 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video thank you

  • @mohammaddaraeim.d4649
    @mohammaddaraeim.d46493 жыл бұрын

    thanks prof dave

  • @user-fq7tt6yc6t
    @user-fq7tt6yc6t2 жыл бұрын

    This was amazing.

  • @nikoscharalampidis7153
    @nikoscharalampidis71532 жыл бұрын

    Amazing stuff!

  • @ophthojooeileyecirclehisha4917
    @ophthojooeileyecirclehisha4917 Жыл бұрын

    thank you so much professor

  • @eugenelenskih2885
    @eugenelenskih28858 ай бұрын

    Very good very informative.

  • @goodnessnwanebu8662
    @goodnessnwanebu86629 ай бұрын

    You’re the man, brother 💪

  • @NikhilSharma-td3hr
    @NikhilSharma-td3hr2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic Sir. Respect from India.

  • @ArleighLauren
    @ArleighLauren Жыл бұрын

    I am a visual learner so my textbook was so hard to comprehend! This video was amazinggg

  • @snoogumsboogums28
    @snoogumsboogums28 Жыл бұрын

    this is is such a good video

  • @Mathkhury
    @Mathkhury Жыл бұрын

    Really Great Video

  • @pooyarazzaghi388
    @pooyarazzaghi3882 жыл бұрын

    Very nice! thanks

  • @suffragettefashion
    @suffragettefashion4 ай бұрын

    ❤ this was fantastic! I’m an artist seeking greater understanding of how our eyes process light.

  • @palomabrt
    @palomabrt Жыл бұрын

    This video is amazing

  • @needexotics8447
    @needexotics84474 ай бұрын

    wow thank you so much❤

  • @BunnyLang
    @BunnyLang2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @Keana43
    @Keana43 Жыл бұрын

    i totally get it now thanks

  • @lolk7726
    @lolk77262 жыл бұрын

    great video

  • @DANGJOS
    @DANGJOS3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @chudiergonywiel5587
    @chudiergonywiel55877 ай бұрын

    Great explain, I will be professor one day like you.

  • @sowsudh
    @sowsudh2 жыл бұрын

    You mentioned about the axons converging in the optic nerve to create a 'disruption' that in turn creates a blind spot. Could you please help elaborate on that?

  • @chaimareader6091
    @chaimareader60914 жыл бұрын

    Hi Professor Dave, Can you help please. I want to change the wavelength of the Bragg mirror according to random distribution But i don't have any idia about the mathimaticals formula used to discribed this variation.

  • @Minimum1337
    @Minimum1337 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!!!!!

  • @shalinig2739
    @shalinig2739 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @AsiaUmarMasud-je3ii
    @AsiaUmarMasud-je3ii11 ай бұрын

    Please can talk about the Synaptic organisation of the retina

  • @sakunwanmosika6073
    @sakunwanmosika60732 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @arkitchen2231
    @arkitchen22312 жыл бұрын

    What kinds of visual information reach the pons, and why this connection may aid in coordination, balance, and movement?

  • @joelsteiger4439
    @joelsteiger44392 жыл бұрын

    thankyou so much! +1 psychology-student-life saved

  • @mollystringer3722
    @mollystringer37223 жыл бұрын

    So this is all good and well (thank you so much oh my god, it was so helpful) but the on and off ganglion cells and how they work kind of broke my brain, so maybe make a video on those as well? Or if anyone has already made a video on those, I desperately need to be pointed in that direction.

  • @pavirajapaksha7276
    @pavirajapaksha7276 Жыл бұрын

    best ever explanation 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @TheVeryHungrySingularity
    @TheVeryHungrySingularity4 жыл бұрын

    What determines which wavelength of light a particular cone is activated by? Hypothetically, could they be altered to see into IR or UV wavelengths?

  • @iliakorvigo7341

    @iliakorvigo7341

    4 жыл бұрын

    > What determines which wavelength of light a particular cone is activated by The absorption spectrum of its visual pigment. > Hypothetically, could they be altered to see into IR or UV wavelengths Hypothetically, yes, though the problem is not as much about finding a suitable pigment, as it is about passing through and focusing IR or UV light. Basically, different types (wavelength ranges) of EM radiation require different materials and focusing systems. For example, liquid water is transparent for visible EM radiation, but opaque for UV and IR radiation.

  • @mohamedghonaim6598
    @mohamedghonaim6598 Жыл бұрын

    Great ❤

  • @kadri246
    @kadri2462 жыл бұрын

    My go-to-guy to pass my exams... Thanks for the videos.

  • @windigo000
    @windigo0002 жыл бұрын

    so many cortex wow 😁👍

  • @liuliumama
    @liuliumama Жыл бұрын

    exelent!

  • @MKUltraTutorials
    @MKUltraTutorials4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video tons of information Thank you. Question: do you believe we can heal our vision with proper nutrition? Or you still believe that glasses are the only way?

  • @ProfessorDaveExplains

    @ProfessorDaveExplains

    4 жыл бұрын

    well if by heal you mean improve inborn visual deficits, i don't know enough to say definitively, but i would imagine that diet can't really have any effect. on the other hand in terms of maintaining eye health and normal vision as you age, i have heard there is a link with certain nutrients and that sounds pretty reasonable.

  • @HarryNicNicholas

    @HarryNicNicholas

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ProfessorDaveExplains 8:00 sorry, but this is misleading. i know everyone does this - i've only seen one video on the subject - but cones don't detect colour - there is no colour in objects or light, colour exists - is created - only in the image making part of the brain. cones detect energy levels of photons, not colour. i came to this video because i am not clear how any information gets to the brain, that is, electro-chemical signals tell the brain about taste, smell, light, but how exactly is that information conveyed / encoded? it can't be digital (i imagine), and there certainly aren't tubes of paint snaking around the eye. i believe neurons work by transferring ionisation of sodium . potassium / chlorine, but how is the INFORMATION , the colour, the taste, encoded? and please do a video explaining that objects and light have no colour, this is a big misconception that the vast majority of people can't get their heads around - i'm tired of arguing with people on this. thanks!!

  • @knufyeinundzwanzig2004

    @knufyeinundzwanzig2004

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HarryNicNicholas Why do you think the information can‘t be binary? As far as I know the output of neurons is binary, signal or no signal.

  • @TheAceLewis
    @TheAceLewis3 жыл бұрын

    Do you think biological enhancements or cybernetic enhancements will be leading the charge in correcting or upgrading human vision in the future?

  • @tarq2126
    @tarq21263 жыл бұрын

    Thank so match. Sorry. if tha retenal found in yodopseen toogther rodopseen. Or what?? Can help me.

  • @shreyasimhadri3863
    @shreyasimhadri38632 жыл бұрын

    professor Dave you are a blessing and I thank you on the night before my biological psychology exam.

  • @cl7934
    @cl79343 жыл бұрын

    GOLD

  • @kbieberlove101
    @kbieberlove1013 ай бұрын

    professor dave needs his name on my degree

  • @pfc-5503
    @pfc-5503 Жыл бұрын

    why are your images and explanations better than my professors who went to Harvard?

  • @ChappalMarungi

    @ChappalMarungi

    2 ай бұрын

    Your profs went to Harvard?

  • @pfc-5503

    @pfc-5503

    2 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@ChappalMarungi the one that taught neurology did

  • @TheWheelBry
    @TheWheelBry Жыл бұрын

    Watching this made my eyes hurt😅 but it was very helpful, thank you!

  • @shalinig2739
    @shalinig2739 Жыл бұрын

    9:26 visual transduction

  • @Mrbluesplayer43
    @Mrbluesplayer433 жыл бұрын

    Visionary!

  • @younginsane90
    @younginsane903 жыл бұрын

    How can I Destimulate my Visual Cortex ?

  • @ralcool5932
    @ralcool59324 ай бұрын

    I would like to postulate that a photon is a node, a wave interaction point.

  • @khalifalkhatatbeh
    @khalifalkhatatbeh Жыл бұрын

    Can retinal cones regenerate like cells?

  • @transcendentphilosophy
    @transcendentphilosophy11 ай бұрын

    Just remember, these explanations don't resolve the hard problem of consciousness!

  • @marcoss6212
    @marcoss62128 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this informative video, Bravo!, but I have a curious question, now I have a basic understanding how we process visual information, my question is this, has anybody ever determined how fast visual process take before we know what we are looking at? Maybe crazy for me to try to find an alternative to the notion that nothing travels faster than light, I know, I'm crazy :).

  • @Misslayer99

    @Misslayer99

    6 ай бұрын

    About .15 seconds but varies depending on individual's cognitive processing and image complexity

  • @marcoss6212

    @marcoss6212

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Misslayer99 Thank you.

  • @mieczyslawherba2723
    @mieczyslawherba2723 Жыл бұрын

    Five senses are mentioned, only four named.

  • @CAMIDRCS
    @CAMIDRCS3 ай бұрын

    Why are the ganglions facing the light?🤔 It should have been the cones & rodes right?!!!!

  • @turanbirligi6969
    @turanbirligi69695 ай бұрын

    But how actually vision creating in the brain what is brain actually doing

  • @dianat2002
    @dianat2002 Жыл бұрын

    How did the color cones "evolve" to work only in the visible spectrum range. The eye would provide no way for the animal to see during the "evolution" process if say the photoreceptors were working in the Microwave range. Your video is good Dave but there is way more to explain if you want us to buy into your evolution idea. It appears from an engineering perspective that the eye had to be designed to work in the visible spectrum from the beginning. I noticed you left out the motion sensing circuits in the retina that wire to the Superior colliculus and then to the Tectospinal tract to create our visual reflexes, like when a ball is coming at your head. The eye does much more than just compress vision.

  • @TK-mv6sq
    @TK-mv6sq Жыл бұрын

    Lit!

  • @user-iy5db2ic2x
    @user-iy5db2ic2x6 ай бұрын

    Intergrated census.

  • @amehak1922
    @amehak19224 жыл бұрын

    Is there anything you don't know about?

  • @jmo8a_veda
    @jmo8a_veda Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes bright lights getin the house it makes me so mad. Esp when Im reading

  • @Krageon-Offline
    @Krageon-Offline5 күн бұрын

    INTEGRATE??? LIKE MATH???

  • @achrafabouras2118
    @achrafabouras21182 жыл бұрын

    i wish i was smart

  • @googleyoutubechannel8554
    @googleyoutubechannel8554 Жыл бұрын

    Wait, wtf, is this as far as neuroscience has gotten? How does object detection work? Forget obj det. how does the brain parse visual info into pre-object subunits (eg maybe lines) How does the brain parse shadows etc to build 3d inference? This explains basically nothing.

  • @transcendentphilosophy

    @transcendentphilosophy

    11 ай бұрын

    Calm down, its a short video. Can't explain everything in one video.

  • @ayadali9112
    @ayadali91124 жыл бұрын

    First!

  • @simonmoore8776
    @simonmoore87762 жыл бұрын

    There are more than five senses! A professor should know better!

  • @jmo8a_veda
    @jmo8a_veda Жыл бұрын

    Dam they let you post photos of eyes like that... Is this even legal..idk. sorry.

  • @HarryNicNicholas
    @HarryNicNicholas2 жыл бұрын

    8:00 sorry, but this is misleading. i know everyone does this - i've only seen one video on the subject - but cones don't detect colour - there is no colour is objects or light, colour exists - is created - only in the image making part of the brain. i came to this video because i am not clear how any information gets to the brain, that is, electro-chemical signals tell the brain about taste, smell, light, but how exactly is that information conveyed / encoded? it can't be digital (i imagine), and there certainly aren't tubes of paint snaking around the eye. i believe neurons work by transferring ionisation of sodium . potassium / chlorine, but how is the INFORMATION , the colour, the taste, encoded? and please do a video explaining that objects and light have no colour, this is a big misconception that the vast majority of people can't get their heads around - i'm tired of arguing with people on this.

  • @daniel9973

    @daniel9973

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe you are referring to the hard problem of consciousness.

  • @knufyeinundzwanzig2004

    @knufyeinundzwanzig2004

    Жыл бұрын

    Why did you comment this more than once?

  • @eatshitlarrypage.3319
    @eatshitlarrypage.3319 Жыл бұрын

    Good video and all, but there are quite a few more than five senses.