Images arriving at the visual area of the brain have been split because the left optic tract carries information about the right portion of the visual field and the right optic tract carries information about the left portion of the visual field.

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This is true because of the way light enters the eyes and how the optic nerves cross over in the brainstem. As a result, information from the right visual field is processed by the left hemisphere of the brain and vice versa.

Images Arriving at the Visual Area of the Brain Have