Editing Extrastriate cortex (section)

{{Short description|Region of the brain's occipital cortex}}
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| Latin           = area extrastriata
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The '''extrastriate cortex''' is the region of the [[occipital lobe|occipital]] [[Cerebral cortex|cortex]] of the mammalian brain located next to the [[primary visual cortex]].  Primary visual cortex (V1) is also named striate cortex because of its striped appearance in the microscope. The extrastriate cortex encompasses multiple functional areas, including [[Visual area V3|V3]], [[Visual area V4|V4]], [[Visual area V5/MT|V5/MT]], which is sensitive to motion,<ref name="Orban2008">Guy A. Orban. Higher Order Visual Processing in Macaque Extrastriate Cortex. ''Physiol Rev'' January 1, 2008 88:(1) 59-89; {{doi|10.1152/physrev.00008.2007}}</ref> or the [[extrastriate body area]] (EBA) used in the perception of human bodies.<ref name="Serguei">[http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v7/n5/full/nn1241.html "Extrastriate body area in human occipital cortex responds to the performance of motor actions"]</ref>