Novel Methods for the Visualization and Analysis of Functional Maps in Cortex

Anatomy and Physiology 11 the fovea. This phenomenon is called cortical magnification. The cortical magnification factor states how many millimeters of cortex correspond to 1º of visual angle at any given eccentric- ity. Therefore, the cortical magnification factor describes the scale of the retinotopic mapping [Hurdal and McElwain, 1995 #20]. Figure 4: Cortical Magnification The left image shows a normal picture. The right image shows that the center of the visual field corresponds to a larger area of the visual cortex than the periph- ery; Source: Brian A. Wandell