Based on the following case study, identify the principal brain area most likely affected and explain your reasoning by linking the patient's symptoms to the area's specific function.

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Located within the occipital lobe, the primary visual cortex is the principal area of the brain dedicated to interpreting incoming visual information.

Primary Visual Cortex

Feature detectors are specialized neurons, primarily located in the visual cortex, that respond to specific stimulus features such as shape, angle, or movement. The concept was significantly advanced by the research of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel, who discovered that certain cells in the visual cortex of cats were specifically activated by lines of a particular orientation.

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