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This lobe is located at the posterior end of each cerebral hemisphere. This part of the brain contains the visual processing center of the brain as it contains most of the visual cortex. This cortex has specialized areas for different visual tasks including visuo-spatial processing, motion perception and color differentiation.
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Occipital Lobe
The occipital lobe contains the primary visual cortex for the field of vision on the opposite side of the body, and damage causes partial or complete loss of conscious perception of visual stimuli.
