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Occipital Lobe

Part of the brain that is located at the back of the head and is responsible for visual perception. That includes colour, form and motion. Damage to the occipital lobe can cause difficulty with locating objects in environment.

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    • Audio

    A history of the brain. Part 6, The beast within.

    | Date: 2011
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    The asymmetry of the occipital region of the brain and skull / by W.E. Le Gros Clark.

    Clark, Wilfrid E. Le Gros (Wilfrid Edward Le Gros), 1895-1971. | Date: [1934?]
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    Diagnostic différentiel des tumeurs congénitales de la région occipitale et leur traitement ... / par Victor-Nicolas-Louis Henry.

    Henry, Victor Nicolas Louis, 1886- | Date: 1910
    • Books

    Observations upon the vascularity of the human occipital lobe during visual activity / by J.F. Fulton.

    Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960. | Date: 1928
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    Neuropsychological symptoms and syndromes in lesions of the occipital lobe and the adjacent areas : (clinical and statistical analysis of 241 cases with anatomically verified lesions) / by Ilse Gloning, Karl Gloning and Hans Hoff.

    Gloning, Ilse. | Date: 1968

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