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association area
noun[ C ]
anatomy specializeduk /ə.səʊ.siˌeɪ.ʃən ˈeə.ri.ə/ us /ə.soʊ.siˌeɪ.ʃən ˈer.i.ə/
a part of the brain that helps the areas that receive information from the senses to work together with the areas that control movement :
The brain's association areas make it possible for us to take action on things we experience.
In these patients, some visual association areas are affected, making it difficult to process subtle visual cues.
These studies indicate that association areas in each lobe are the last to mature.
In understanding spoken language, sounds are relayed as electrical impulses to the auditory association area, from the ear via the auditory nerve.
Sensory areas receive impulses from receptors, association areas interpret these impulses and initiate a response, and motor areas transmit impulses to the effector, causing an output.
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