a: visual cortex ~
b: a crumpled sheet

What:

"Rather than lining the skull, as the retina lines the eye, the visual cortex is like a crumpled sheet stuffed into the skull. Each location where the folded cortex forms a ridge visible from the exterior is called a gyrus, while each shallow furrow that separates a pair of gyri is called a sulcus."


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Writer: Brian A. Wandell
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Date: Nov 30 2015 8:39 PM


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