The location and pattern of interconnections between neocortical areas processing visual information in the eutherian carnivore, domestic cat, are illustrated in Figures 1A,B. As in other mammals studied so far: (1) “lower-order” visuotopically organized cortical areas, some of which receive their principal or a substantial, direct thalamic input from the dorsal lateral geniculate nuclei (LGNd), send numerous “feedforward” associational projections to the “higher-order” visual areas; (2) beyond the primary visual cortices, information about pattern/form vs. motion is processed along two largely parallel “quasi-hierarchical” feedforward streams; and (3) higher-order areas send numerous associational “recurrent” or “feedback” projections back to lower-order areas (cat: Rosenquist, 1985; Dreher, 1986; Salin and Bullier, 1995; Scannell et al., 1995; Dreher et al., 1996; macaque monkey: Van Essen and Maunsell, 1983; Felleman and Van Essen, 1991; Bullier, 2004; Nassi and Callaway, 2009; Gilbert and Li, 2013; Markov and Kennedy, 2013; rat: Sanderson et al., 1991; Coogan and Burkhalter, 1993; Johnson and Burkhalter, 1996; mouse: Wang and Burkhalter, 2007; Wang et al., 2012).