Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The dorsal region of the cerebral cortex, especially large in primates, thought to have evolved more recently than other parts of the brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The cortical part of the neencephalon; the most recently evolved part of the cerebral cortex of the brain of higher animals, and the site of most of the higher brain functions; called also
neopallium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun neuroanatomy The top layer of the
cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part ofcerebral cortex .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cortical part of the neencephalon
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Examples
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Although the entire neocortex is fairly uniform, it is divided into dozens of areas that do different things.
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Much experimental evidence supports the idea that the neocortex is such a general-purpose learning machine.
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The neocortex is a thin sheet of cells, folded to form the convolutions that have become a visual synonym for the brain itself.
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The first phase of the project is now complete; researchers have modeled the neocortical column - a unit of the mammalian brain known as the neocortex which is responsible for higher brain functions and thought.
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The first phase of the project is now complete; researchers have modeled the neocortical column - a unit of the mammalian brain known as the neocortex which is responsible for higher brain functions and thought.
Medgadget 2009
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First, the neocortex is the newest part of the brain in evolutionary time.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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First, the neocortex is the newest part of the brain in evolutionary time.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Mr. SHERWOOD: It's got a brain that has a neocortex, which is the most expanded part of the forebrain, which is shared by all mammals.
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Mr. SHERWOOD: It's got a brain that has a neocortex, which is the most expanded part of the forebrain, which is shared by all mammals.
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Mr. SHERWOOD: It's got a brain that has a neocortex, which is the most expanded part of the forebrain, which is shared by all mammals.
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