motion of individual objects relative to the background. Recently, an area responsive to wide-angle flow fields has been identified in the human and is thought to be a homologue of macaque area V6. Pathways The connections and response properties of cells in DM/ V6 suggest that this area is a key node in a subset of the "dorsal stream", referred to by some as the "dorsomedial pathway". This pathway is likely to be important for the control of skeletomotor activity, including postural reactions and reaching movements towards objects The main 'feedforward' connection of DM is to the cortex immediately rostral to it, in the interface between the occipital and parietal lobes (V6A). This region has, in turn, relatively direct connections with the regions of the frontal lobe that control arm movements, including the premotor cortex. See also Cortical area Cortical blindness Feature integration theory List of regions in the human brain Retinotopy Visual processing Complex cell References External links The Primary Visual Cortex by Matthew Schmolesky at University of Utah Architecture of the Visual Cortex, by David Hubel at Harvard University – striate area 17 – Brodmann area 17 in guenon Simulator for computational modeling of visual cortex maps at topographica.org Visual perception