<P> Visual information coming from the eye goes through the lateral geniculate nucleus in the thalamus and then reaches the visual cortex . The part of the visual cortex that receives the sensory inputs from the thalamus is the primary visual cortex , also known as visual area 1 ( V1 ) , and the striate cortex . The extrastriate areas consist of visual areas 2 ( V2 ) , 3 ( V3 ) , 4 ( V4 ) , and 5 ( V5 ) . </P>
the encoding and analysis of visual information first begins within the neural layers of the
thalamus