Within the visual system of the brain, the ventral stream is more important for _______ and the dorsal stream is more important for _______. a. perceiving brightness . . . perceiving color b. perceiving color . . . perceiving brightness c. identifying objects . . . controlling movements d. controlling movements . . . identifying objects

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Within the visual system of the brain, the ventral stream is more important for _______ and the dorsal stream is more important for _______. a. perceiving brightness . . . perceiving color b. perceiving color . . . perceiving brightness c. identifying objects . . . controlling movements d. controlling movements . . . identifying objects

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Visual processing of an information in the brain is associated with two types of processes. Visual for perception and vision for action. Vision for perception refers to visual processing in brain when an obtained information is identified in terms of the size, structure and color of the object. Whereas, visual for action refers to visual processing which regulates and guides the required movement associated with that object. Example, identifying that a ball if coming your way visual for perception will process the information regarding the size of the ball and visual for action will regulate the action required to catch it. 

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