Damage to this area of the extrastriate cortex results in akinetopsia.

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Akinetopsia, also known as motion blindness, is the inability to perceive motion, and this specific visual deficit is caused by damage to area V5 (also known as MT). This area is responsible for processing visual information relating to motion, and damage to it can result in the inability to perceive motion or movement. While areas V1, V2, and V4 are also involved in visual processing, they do not play as significant a role in determining motion perception as V5 does.

Damage to This Area of the Extrastriate Cortex Results in Akinetopsia