extrastriate visual area

any of the visually responsive regions of cerebral cortex that are located outside the primary visual cortex (striate cortex), that is, in the prestriate cortex. Extrastriate visual areas include V2, V3, V4, and V5.

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November 24th 2024

point scale

any scale for measuring some construct or attribute in which participants’ responses to a series of multiple-choice questions are given numerical values (points). The final score is the total points earned. See also Likert scale; semantic differential.