Association center

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As association centers (of Latin associare , merge, join, link, link up ' ) is known in humans and animals, the regions of the central nervous system (in humans and higher vertebrates the brain ), which are responsible for various types of information, such as the signals primarily sensory centers, d. H. Information from external perception , with certain other sensory centers or with ideas , reflexes , sequences of movements, behavioral patterns and emotions can be linked in the manner of hierarchically structured centers . As such, further association centers can u. a. Certain cortical fields and association nuclei in the thalamus also serve. Association fibers and association paths connect the corresponding lower and higher fields within a hemisphere. Connections to the other (contralateral) hemisphere are called commissure tracts . The corresponding fields of association are therefore not primary centers themselves, neither sensory nor motoric, but rather they process the corresponding signals and thus serve the development of higher mental and spiritual functions, such as the understanding of symbols . The psychology assumes that the type of linkage depends on stored memory is content ( association cortex ).

Different areas of the nervous system are responsible for linking what is perceived , depending on the sense organ and species .

In the past, an association center responsible for web construction was postulated in spiders .

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Individual evidence

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