ASSOCIATION AREA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information

Synonyms:

association area; association cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("association area" is a kind of...):

cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)

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