Visual Functions of Inferotemporal Cortex

Abstract

Traditionally, the cerebral cortex on the inferior surface of the temporal lobe was considered part of the ``silent'' or ``association'' areas of the brain. The term ``association cortex'' was first used by Flechsig [63] to describe cortical regions that became myelinated relatively late. He thought that ``association'' among the senses occurred here. In subsequent decades association cortex became the presumed site of ``association of ideas'' and then of association or linkage between stimuli and responses in learning.