The first distinction of dorsal and ventral pathways was proposed in the 1980', following investigations on neurological patients who were unable to perceive motion after brain damage in the parietal lobe.

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The distinction of dorsal and ventral pathways was proposed in the 1960s and 1970s, based on studies of brain anatomy and function, not specifically from patients with parietal lobe damage in the 1980s.

The First Distinction of Dorsal and Ventral Pathways Was Proposed