The role of the visual cortex is to receive and process visual information.
Located in the occipital lobe of the brain, the visual cortex has the role of receive and process visual information. The in-depth study of the visual cortex has revealed a multitude of distinct subdivisions, each processing the different variables (colors, sizes, shapes, movements, etc.) of information. transmitted from the eye to the brain. We also know that the potential of the visual cortex in blind people is still used to process other types of information.
In the visual cortex, we find the primary visual cortex. It is in this area that the visual information captured by the eyes reaches. Thus, in the event of lesion in the primary visual cortexthe person may present a partial or total blindness. It should also be noted that the processing of visual information is carried out by the opposite side (the left eye sees its perceptions processed by the right cerebral hemisphere and vice versa).