ALPHABETICAL BRAIN VOCABULARY Flash Card #53 - Details WHAT IS YOUR "VISUAL CORTEX" AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? Your VISUAL CORTEX, which is at the back of your brain (in your OCCIPITAL LOBE), is activated first whenever you perceive anything. Whatever you perceive is temporarily stored in your VISUAL CORTEX before the electrical impulses inside your NEURON PATHWAYS are conducted to the "front" of your FRONTAL LOBES to your PFC (PreFrontal Cortex). Return to #53: VISUAL CORTEX or BRAIN FACTS MATRIX