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association area, association cortex
cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information
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auditory area, auditory cortex
the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body
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Brodmann's area
one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture
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language area, language zone
a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language
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Rolando's area, excitable area, motor area, motor cortex, motor region
the cortical area that influences motor movements
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sensorium
the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
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sensorimotor area, sensorimotor region
an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions
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visual area, visual cortex
the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus
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Brodmann's area 17, area 17 of Brodmann, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex
the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision
