The human brain contains a thin sheet of cells called the cortex, where most neural computations take place. The morphometry of the cortex is of particular interest as a potential marker for functional specialisation in human brain regions and in the development of disease. Here, visual areas of the brain that have similar patterns of cortical thickness cluster together. This clustering aligns with the broad functional organisation of the human visual system, with distinct dorsal and ventral pathways.
The paper is published in NeuroImage, and an interactive model of normative cortical thickness values for human visual areas is available in GitHub.