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association area
noun
- any of the regions of the cerebral cortex of the brain connected by numerous nerve fibers to all parts of both cerebral hemispheres and coordinating such higher activities as learning and reasoning.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of association area1
First recorded in 1905–10
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