Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a small eminence; a little elevation.
- noun The papilla of the optic nerve.
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- noun medicine A small
elevation
Etymologies
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Examples
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The superior colliculus may be the neurological hardware that permits us to be influenced subliminally.
Archive 2006-07-01 Field Notes 2006
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The unnecessary freezing of PD could be caused by damage to dopamine producing neurons in this area combined with an upset connection of this region to the superior colliculus, a portion of the cortex that attends to visual stimuli outside of awareness.
Snakes in Primate Vision Field Notes 2006
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The superior colliculus may be the neurological hardware that permits us to be influenced subliminally.
Snakes in Primate Vision Field Notes 2006
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The unnecessary freezing of PD could be caused by damage to dopamine producing neurons in this area combined with an upset connection of this region to the superior colliculus, a portion of the cortex that attends to visual stimuli outside of awareness.
Archive 2006-07-01 Field Notes 2006
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Back in my psych/neuroscience days I was very interested in events that affected development and did some work on ocular trauma and the superior colliculus.
Evolution and mechanisms: "Genetic Accommodation" - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The senses of sight, hearing and touch can and do directly interact in the brain; the inputs from each sensory system converge on polymodal regions of the brain such as the superior colliculus.
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Parallel to visual processing, auditory processing is also done subcortically and cortically replace 'visual cortex' with 'auditory cortex', replace 'superiour colliculus' with 'inferior colliculus'.
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Parallel to visual processing, auditory processing is also done subcortically and cortically replace 'visual cortex' with 'auditory cortex', replace 'superiour colliculus' with 'inferior colliculus'.
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Whether or not Terri is responding through an instinctive related pathway, which need not involve any higher cortical function even the visual cortex is not needed, it can be carried through the supior colliculus, or if she is minimally conscious is open for debate.
Terri Schiavo news 2005
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Since the superior colliculus is an important optic reflex center, this tract is probably concerned in optic reflexes; and possibly also with auditory reflexes since some of the fibers of the central auditory path, the lateral lemniscus, terminate in the superior colliculus.
IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord 1918
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