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What is the difference between primary sensory sites on the cortex and secondary association area?

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In this posting difference between the primary sensory sites on the cortex and secondary association area is attempted in a brief manner. The difference is supported by examples from visual cortex area and association auditory area.

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There is lot of recent work on the subject of primary sensory sites and secondary association area. But without any confusion a simple and straightforward explanation of the difference between these two areas is given below:

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