cerebral cortex

[ suh-ree-bruhl kawr-teks, ser-uh- ]

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noun

the furrowed outer layer of gray matter in the cerebrum of the brain, associated with higher brain functions such as voluntary movement, learning, memory, coordination of sensory information, and the expression of individuality. prefrontal cortex ( def ).

cerebral cortex

The layer of gray matter in vertebrates that covers the cerebral hemispheres and is composed of folds of neurons and axons. The cerebral cortex is responsible for higher functions of the nervous system, including voluntary muscle activity and learning, language, and memory.

cerebral cortex

The surface layer of gray tissue of the cerebrum , frequently called the gray matter. The large size of the cerebral cortex in humans distinguishes them from other animals. Specific parts of the cortex control specific functions, including sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.

First recorded in 1925–30

Rocket has a “cybernetic skeletal structure, enhanced phalange and metacarpal bones, and a genetically augmented cerebral cortex.”

This, of course, is equivalent to postulating the cerebral cortex as the exclusive seat of higher intellection.

Nothing could be more unphilosophical, for example, than to speak of “intellectual cells” (Denkzellen) in the cerebral cortex.

All characteristic features of the full epileptic onset can be produced in animals deprived of the related cerebral cortex.

It is therefore to items regarding the functions of the great sheet of cerebral cortex that we may now pass.

Detached from the control panel of his cerebral cortex his body mechanism functioned perfectly.

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