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The goal of the current study was to determine temporal sensitivity across the three post-receptoral channels in subcortical and cortical regions involved in vision. We measured functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) responses at 7 Tesla from three participants (two males, one female) viewing a high-contrast, flickering, spatially-uniform wide field (~140\u00b0). Stimulus flicker frequency varied logarithmically between 2 and 64 Hz and targeted the L+M+S, L\u2013M, and S\u2013[L+M] cone combinations. These measurements were used to create temporal sensitivity functions of primary visual cortex (V1) across eccentricity, and spatially averaged responses from lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), V2\/V3, hV4, and V3A\/B. Functional MRI responses reflected known properties of the visual system, including higher peak temporal sensitivity to achromatic vs. chromatic stimuli, and low-pass filtering between the LGN and V1. Peak temporal sensitivity increased across levels of the cortical visual hierarchy. Unexpectedly, peak temporal sensitivity varied little across eccentricity within area V1. Measures of adaptation and distributed pattern activity revealed a subtle influence of 64 Hz achromatic flicker in area V1, despite this stimulus evoking only a minimal overall response. Comparison of measured cortical responses to a model of integrated retinal output to our stimuli demonstrates that extensive filtering and amplification is applied to post-retinal signals.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Significance Statement<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We report the temporal sensitivity of human visual cortex across the three canonical post-receptoral channels from central vision to the far periphery. Functional MRI measurements of responses from the LGN, V1, and higher visual cortical areas demonstrate modification of temporal sensitivity across the visual hierarchy. This includes amplification of chromatic signals between the LGN and V1, and an increase in peak temporal sensitivity in visual areas beyond V1. Within V1, we find a surprising stability of peak temporal sensitivity in the periphery for all three post-receptoral directions. 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