The modern concept of association cortex.
Although enormous amounts of new neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neurobehavioral data have been gathered on the association cortices in the past decade, it seems more permissible now than ever to use this functionally loaded concept. Its generality helps enormously, but the modern recognition of multiple interactive neural systems all contributing to cognition has diffused previous concerns relating to strict localization.
Department of Anatomy, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
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