Areas of cerebral cortex, not explicitly sensory or motor but involved in the associations of the different parts of the brain; relatively large in humans.
are those areas that receive multiple inputs from sensory cortical areas subserving different modalities. They thus have a role in higher sensory processing as well as the formulation of motor responses to sensory stimuli. The posterior parietal, temporal and prefrontal cortical areas are typically described as association cortices
cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information
Defined by exclusion as those neocortical regions that are not involved in primary sensory and motor processing
According to older, sequential models of cortical processing, the areas of cortex (not devoted to sensory or motor function) where higher-order (associative) processes are represented. Because of our growing understanding of the function of these areas, this term is now seen as insufficiently specific and its use is becoming increasingly infrequent.
Parts of the cerebral cortex which receive input from the sensorial cortices (vision, hearing, etc.) and which associate, integrate and process them in higher order mental functions.
Area of cortex receiving afferents from one or more primary sensory areas ( Ch. 26).
any part of the cortex in which information is analyzed, processed, or stored.