unimodal association cortex

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Introduction

6 distinct layers. Cortex 1 synapse from primary sensory cortex.

Characteristics:

  • respond exclusively to stimulation in one sensory modality
  • information comes only from primary sensory cortex & other unimodal areas of the same modality
  • lesions yield deficits only in that same modality

More general terms

References

  1. Clarke, D., UCLA Dept of Neurobehavior