subcortex

British  

/ sʌbˈkɔːtɛks, sʌbˈkɔːtɪkəl /

noun

1. anatomy the matter of the brain situated beneath the cerebral cortex

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Other Word Forms

• subcortical adjective

Example Sentences

Brainspotting engages the subcortex where memories are stored, Gonzalez said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mothers also show brain changes in the subcortex – the more ancient structures nestled deeper within the brain that are linked with more primitive functions, including emotion and motivation.

From Scientific American

But the frontal lobes also exert an inhibiting or constraining influence on what Pavlov called “the blind force of the subcortex”—the urges and passions that might overwhelm us if left unchecked.

From The New Yorker

Drawing upon the brain science of the day, Pavlov understood conditional reflexes to involve a connection between a point in the brain’s subcortex, which supported instincts, and a point in its cortex, where associations were built.

From The New Yorker

Other real calamities — economic, domestic terrorism, natural disasters — seem to have taken over that part of the cultural subcortex where fear is stored.

From New York Times