Occipital Lobe

The two occipital lobes are the smallest of four paired lobes in the human cerebral cortex.
They are located in the lower, rearmost portion of the skull. Included within the region of
this pair of lobes are many areas especially associated with vision. Thus, this lobe holds
special significance for vision. There are many extrastriate regions within this lobe. These
regions are specialized for different visual tasks, such as visual, spatial processing, color
discrimination, and motion perception. When this lobe is damaged, the patient may not be
able to see part of their visual field, or may be subjected to visual illusions, or even go
partial or full blind.