Occipital Lobe Details - VIP
- Primary lobe for visual input
- Receives & interprets visual input
- Forms visual associations
Function:
- Vision
Damage Effect:
- Visual loss
- Hallucination e.g. sparks, tongues of flames, flashes of light
- Difficulty understanding meaning of written word
Psychopathology:
- Blindness, color blindness, impaired depth perception and visual orientation
An easy way to remember the functions of the occipital lobe:
- V: Visual
- I: integration area
- P: primary visual cortex
