Term: Ventral temporal association areas

Definition: We have recognized two distinct fields in the temporal region between the visual and auditory cortices dorsally and the perirhinal area ventrally. Krieg (1946a) appears to have regarded this entire area as ECT, more in keeping with Brodmann (1909), we suggest that the dorsal part of this region (where layer 4 is still recognizable) may correspond to temporal association cortex (perhaps in the dorsal, middle, and inferior temporal gyri of humans), and have labeled it TEv; we have retained ECT for the distinct ventral area, just dorsal to the perirhinal area, where layers 2 and 4 are quite indistinct. The architecture and connections of this region require more analysis.

Nomenclature: Swanson-1998