| Noun | 1. | cortical area - any of various regions of the cerebral cortex region, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum association area, association cortex - cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information auditory area, auditory cortex - the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body Brodmann's area - one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture language area, language zone - a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language excitable area, motor area, motor cortex, motor region, Rolando's area - the cortical area that influences motor movements sensorium - the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world sensorimotor area, sensorimotor region - an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions visual area, visual cortex - the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus area 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex - the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision |