neo-cortex

When you're angry, the logical part of your brain, your neo-cortex, gets hijacked by your smaller-minded reptilian brain.

Lisa Earle McLeod: Why People Become Extremists During Arguments Lisa Earle McLeod 2011

Cetaceans possess large, complex four-lobed brains, much larger brains in comparison to our smaller human three-lobed brains, with more convolutions on the neo-cortex area than our own.

Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011

Cetaceans possess large, complex four-lobed brains, much larger brains in comparison to our smaller human three-lobed brains, with more convolutions on the neo-cortex area than our own.

Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011

Cetaceans possess large, complex four-lobed brains, much larger brains in comparison to our smaller human three-lobed brains, with more convolutions on the neo-cortex area than our own.

Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011

Cetaceans possess large, complex four-lobed brains, much larger brains in comparison to our smaller human three-lobed brains, with more convolutions on the neo-cortex area than our own.

Deborah Bassett: "Whale Murder" in the Faroe Islands: 100 Pilot Whales Slain for Cultural Tradition Deborah Bassett 2011

Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex.

potiron - French Word-A-Day 2008

And while it may in fact be possible that humans may be more vulnerable to more brain damage and disabilities than other species due to a big neo-cortex, the fact that disabled animals in the wild simply do not survive that long, wether it is by neglect by their mother, or being an easier meal for predators, is probably a more likelier explanation than simply not being born with big frontal lobes.

Animals In Translation « When Squirrels Attack 2007

When we consciously deliberate, we use the neo-cortex.

Jonah Lehrer's Book about Decision-Making Master Luke 2009

The brain is composed of three main parts; the neo-cortex, limbic system, and brain stem.

Reading Buddies: Its Effect on Emotional Intelligence and Reading Comprehension « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009

Only our nearest relatives, the great apes, join us in employing spindle cells, the special neurological equipmentthat enables the neo-cortex to trump powerful R-complex urges.

Education For Sanity 2008