optic tract

the bundle of optic nerve fibers after the partial decussation of the optic nerves at the optic chiasm. The major targets of the optic tract are the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus and the superior colliculus in the midbrain.

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Psychology term of the day

February 22nd 2025

waking dream

1. an episode of dreamlike visual imagery experienced when one is not asleep. The term is sometimes applied to hallucinations, religious visions, and the like.

2. a dreamlike phenomenon occurring in the Ganzfeld.

3. a dream process in the psychoanalytic theory of British psychiatrist Wilfred Bion (1897–1979).