ASSOCIATION CORTEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does association cortex mean? 

• ASSOCIATION CORTEX (noun)
  The noun ASSOCIATION CORTEX has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ASSOCIATION CORTEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSOCIATION CORTEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

association area; association cortex

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

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

 Context examples 

Branches of the middle cerebral artery supply the insular region, motor and premotor areas, and large regions of the association cortex.

(Middle Cerebral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Finally, the team found that the ripple synchronization seen before correct memory recall often triggered electrical activity patterns like those seen in the association cortex during learning.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)

This condition is caused by lesions of the motor association cortex in the frontal lobe (Broca's area and adjacent cortical and white matter regions).

(Broca's Aphasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Specifically, they saw ripples occurring nearly simultaneously in the MTL and the association cortex, an area of the neocortex known to process our experiences.

(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)