<p lang="en-US" align="LEFT">The occipital lobe of the brain is divided into Brodmann areas 17, 18 and 19. This region is known as the visual cortex of the brain. Visual nerves run straight from the eye to the primary visual cortex to the visual association cortex. The lateral occipital sulcus divides the occipital gyrus into a superior and inferior part. The cuneus is a smaller lobe in the occipital lobbe of the brain. This region is bounded anteriorly by the parietao-occipital sulcus, and inferiorly by the calcitrine sulcus.&nbsp;</p><p lang="en-US" align="LEFT">The occipital lobe is responsible for visual processing. This includes the perception of light, intensity, motion, shapes, patterns, and color. Pattern recognition is important for piecing together words, reading sentences, and decoding visual stimuli in general.</p><p lang="en-US" align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;"><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/occipital-cortex.png" alt="Occipital Cortex" width="541" height="424" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_text-bottom"><br></p>