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'''Visual area V2''', or '''secondary visual cortex''', also called '''prestriate cortex''',<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Gazzaniga MS, Ivry RB, Mangun GR | date = 2002 | title = Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind | edition = ‎2nd2nd | publisher = W W Norton & Co Inc | isbn = 978-0-393-97777-6 }}</ref> receives strong feedforward connections from V1 (direct and via the pulvinar) and sends robust connections to V3, V4, and V5. Additionally, it plays a crucial role in the integration and processing of visual information.

The feedforward connections from V1 to V2 contribute to the hierarchical processing of visual stimuli. V2 neurons build upon the basic features detected in V1, extracting more complex visual attributes such as texture, depth, and color. This hierarchical processing is essential for the construction of a more nuanced and detailed representation of the visual scene.