neocortex

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I'm talking about the neocortex, which is Latin for "new covering" - so very different from the older centers of the brain which, if they are directly stimulated, bring about gluttonous, hypersexual, ferocious behaviors.

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  1. noun The dorsal region of the cerebral cortex, especially large in higher mammals and the most recently evolved part of the brain. Also called neopallium.

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  • And so all we can say, well, my neocortex, which is the part of the brain I'm interested in, has 30 billion cells. —  Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing
  • And the neocortex is just memorizing. —  Jeff Hawkins on how brain science will change computing
  • Without a neocortex, a cat doesn't hallucinate -- especially if it's immobile and not exhibiting a subjective experience. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 03 - March 1995
  • So the neocortex is more liable to attach transcendent or alien significance, to the otherworldly perceptions transmitted from the nether regions of the brain. —  Omni: October 1993
  • Neurons in the brain's cerebral neocortex are as old as the individual, i.e. these cells are only generated around the time of birth and not in adulthood. —  Health News from Medical News Today
 

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