Visual system of Manhattan
2013. 4'x3'. NYC map, rhesus macaque visual cortex map. Pen, mylar.
In understanding the architecture of connections in the brain, one type of diagram commonly used is the circuit diagram, named for its resemblance to a computer circuit. Based off of a diagram devised by vision scientists Felleman and Van Essen in 1991, this image shows the network of connections between various areas of the brain involved in visual processing. Although this data was obtained from the study of the rhesus macaque (primate) visual system, this data is meaningful in thinking about our own visual systems because of the striking similarity we share in our visual capacities as species.
In understanding the architecture of connections in the brain, one type of diagram commonly used is the circuit diagram, named for its resemblance to a computer circuit. Based off of a diagram devised by vision scientists Felleman and Van Essen in 1991, this image shows the network of connections between various areas of the brain involved in visual processing. Although this data was obtained from the study of the rhesus macaque (primate) visual system, this data is meaningful in thinking about our own visual systems because of the striking similarity we share in our visual capacities as species.
Image © Julia Buntaine