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The legacy of association cortex

From the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

The concept of association cortex emerged from the tradition of an associationist view of human mentation and a localizationist view of cortical organization. Efforts to understand the function of association cortex proceeded under the influence of these philosophic foundations. An alternative to the associationist interpretation is that these parts of cerebral cortex are utilized by different functional systems at different times. This notion is compatible with the distributed systems theory of cortical function and has implications for the neurologist's approach to lesions of cerebral neocortex.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Duffy, 3120 St. Paul Street - C307, Baltimore, MD 21218.

Supported by grant no. NIH 5T32 GM07309.

Accepted for publication May 2, 1983.

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