In this video, I cover the pathway visual information travels moving from the eye to the visual cortex and surrounding areas. First, I discuss the components of the eye that focus light on the retina. Then, I describe the anatomy of the retina along with the functions of the different cell types found there. Next, I cover the pathways that carry visual information from the retina to the primary visual cortex. Finally, I describe how the primary visual cortex recruits surrounding visual areas to further process visual information. Key points: 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Anatomy of the eye 1:35 The retina 2:48 Rods and cones 4:44 Other retinal cells 6:25 Pathway from the retina to visual cortex 8:04 Primary visual cortex and surrounding areas 🧠 Take your learning further with my free, self-paced Introduction to Neuroscience course featuring my videos, articles, and hundreds of quiz questions: https://neuroscientificallychallenged.com/course If you're looking for accessible and entertaining ways to learn more about the brain, check out my books: 📚Your Brain, Explained: What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Brain-Explained-Neuroscience-Reveals/dp/1473696569/ 📚Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell Us About How the Brain Works: https://www.amazon.com/Bizarre-Peculiar-Cases-Human-Behavior/dp/139980121X/ REFERENCES: Albright TD, Freiwald WA. 2021. High-Level Visual Processing: From Vision to Cognition. In: Kandel ER, Koester JD, Mack SH, Siegelbaum SA, eds. Principles of Neural Science, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. Breedlove SM, Watson NV. 2018. Behavioral Neuroscience. 8th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc. Meister M, Tessier-Lavigne M. 2021. Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina. In: Kandel ER, Koester JD, Mack SH, Siegelbaum SA, eds. Principles of Neural Science, 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. Purves D, Augustine GJ, Fitzpatrick D, Hall WC, Lamantia AS, Mooney RD, Platt ML, White LE. 2018. Neuroscience. 6th ed. New York: Sinauer Associates. Vanderah TW, Gould DJ. 2021. Nolte's The Human Brain: An Introduction to its Functional Anatomy. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.