Where is visual experience processed in the brain? Visual processing as has three broad stages. First, a low-level feed-forward stage in the visual cortex. Second, a mid-level feed-back recurrent processing stage in the visual cortex. Third, a high-level feed-forward stage to higher brain regions such as the prefrontal cortex. In their review of ‘theories of consciousness’, Seth & Bayne focus...
We typically distinguish between V1 as an egocentric perceptual map and the hippocampus as an allocentric cognitive map. In this article, we argue that V1 also functions as a post-perceptual egocentric cognitive map. We argue that three well-documented functions of V1, namely (i) the estimation of distance, (ii) the estimation of size, and (iii) multisensory integration, are better understood...