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  • The Cerebrum is the organ of that part of the mind which manifests itself in intellectual action.

    The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath William Walker Atkinson 1897

  • Around six months ago, anyone within range of any form of communications technology was aware of the accelerated descent into the Heart of Darkness undertaken by actor Charlie Sheen; best known for his role as an alcoholic narcissist on CBS' "Half-Hour Assault On Your Cerebrum," alternatively referred to as Two and a Half Men.

    Zachary Stockill: One Last Word on Charlie Sheen Zachary Stockill 2011

  • For more on the adaptive value of forgetting, see Rusiko Bourtchouladze, Memories Are Made of This: How Memory Works in Humans and Animals, excerpted in Cerebrum, vol. 4, no.

    After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010

  • Genius Brainiac Cerebrum Noggin Insight (oops, already taken)

    2009 New York Auto Show: Small car brain drain 2009

  • An oedematous Tumour was found to occupy all the upper part of the Cerebrum between it and the Pia mater.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • An oedematous Tumour was found to occupy all the upper part of the Cerebrum between it and the Pia mater.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • DIAGRAM: A New Window on the Mind (RAICHLE -- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) Cerebrum: controls motor functionAmygdala: gathers scent perceptions, a center of emotionsHippocampus: forms long-term memoriesCerebellum: controls balanceCerebral cortex: receives and processes sensory information, site of higher thinkingYou must remember this: The PET scan shows the area of the brain that became active when a test taker tried to remember a list of words.

    Thinking Looks Like This 2008

  • It was originally published in the Dana Foundation's magazine, Cerebrum.

    Maia Szalavitz: It Is Brain Surgery -- A Profile of the Duke Team Treating Sen. Ted Kennedy 2008

  • An oedematous Tumour was found to occupy all the upper part of the Cerebrum between it and the Pia mater.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • On the Posterior lobes of the Cerebrum of the Quadrumana.

    Essays 2007

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