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association area

n.
An area of the cerebral cortex where motor and sensory functions are integrated.
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Noun1.association area - cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of informationassociation area - cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information
association cortex
cortical area, cortical region - any of various regions of the cerebral cortex
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