User:Desoham3/Wikipedia Sandbox Color Center
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The color center is a region in the brain primarily responsible for cortical processing of color signals received by the eye, resulting in color vision. The color center in humans is thought to be located in the ventral occipital lobe (VO), in addition to other areas responsible for recognizing and processing specific visual stimuli, including faces, words, and objects. Many functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in both humans and macaque monkeys have shown color stimuli activating a number of areas in the brain, including the fusiform gyrus and the lingual gyrus. These areas, as well as others identified to have a role in color vision processing, are collectively labeled V4. The exact mechanism, location, and purpose of V4 is still being investigated. The focus of this article is on primate color center activity.