cerebral cortex
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.: See also prefrontal cortex.
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How to use cerebral cortex in a sentence
Our team’s idea was to break up that monolith into tiny sensors that could be distributed across the cerebral cortex.
‘Neurograins’ Could Record Brain Activity From Thousands of Locations | Edd Gent | August 23, 2021 | Singularity HubThe mapped region encompasses the various layers and cell types of the cerebral cortex, a region of brain tissue associated with higher-level cognition, such as thinking, planning, and language.
Google and Harvard Unveil the Largest High-Resolution Map of the Brain Yet | Jason Dorrier | June 6, 2021 | Singularity HubFor example, the ongoing oscillations in electrical activity surging through the cerebral cortex, known as brain waves, are suddenly suppressed when a person moves a limb — or even thinks about moving it.
Scientists can use the interruption in electrical traffic in the cerebral cortex to trigger a computer to activate a motor in a prosthetic arm, or to click a virtual mouse on a computer screen.
This often occurs after a person suffers a stroke or other injury to the visual cortex, the part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.
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Rocket has a “cybernetic skeletal structure, enhanced phalange and metacarpal bones, and a genetically augmented cerebral cortex.”
11 Things to Know About Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy | Marina Watts | February 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis, of course, is equivalent to postulating the cerebral cortex as the exclusive seat of higher intellection.
A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5) | Henry Smith WilliamsNothing could be more unphilosophical, for example, than to speak of “intellectual cells” (Denkzellen) in the cerebral cortex.
Degeneracy | Eugene S. TalbotAll characteristic features of the full epileptic onset can be produced in animals deprived of the related cerebral cortex.
Degeneracy | Eugene S. TalbotIt 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.
The Instant of Now | Irving E. Cox, Jr.
Scientific definitions for 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.
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Cultural definitions for 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.
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