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parietal cortex

parietal cortex

7.7
A part of the brain near the top that processes touch and tells you where things are
  • noun
  • /pəˈraɪətəl ˈkɔrtɛks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : corteza parietal
  • The parietal cortex interacts with frontal regions (i.e., BAs 6, 9, 10, 45-47), which serve to hypothesis test various solutions to a given problem.
  • posterior parietal cortex

Examples

  • The perception of these two stimulus attributes appears to depend on the integrity of the inferior temporal and the parietal cortex, respectively.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The brain injury Jane suffered lit up her frontal and parietal cortex.

    The Accountant² (2025)

  • Higher proficiency in a second language, as well as earlier acquisition of that language, correlates with higher gray matter volume in the left inferior parietal cortex. 18

    Blog text (22)

  • So far, the highest correlation is between NFTs in the inferior parietal cortex and performance on the Blessed test (r = -0.98).

    Academic text (1995)

  • Perception of environmental cues involves, beyond primary sensory cortices, various structures in the posterior parietal cortex (Kravitz et al., 2011).

    Academic text (2017)

  • The parietal cortex processes sensory information from various parts of the body.

  • Damage to the parietal cortex can affect a person's spatial awareness and navigation.

  • Recent studies highlight the importance of the parietal cortex in integrating sensory data to form a cohesive perception of the environment.

Synonyms

parietal lobe
vsparietal cortex
  • Specialized
6 7.0

A part of the brain that helps you feel touch and temperature and know where your body is

processes sensory signals with emphasis on spatial navigation beneath the crown of the head

Surface Forms

parietal cortex singular
parietal cortices plural
parietal cortices plural

Morphology

parietal + cortex

The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'parietal' (relating to the parietal region of the head/brain) and 'cortex' (the grey-matter layer of the brain), so its meaning as the cortical area in the parietal region follows directly from the constituents. This anatomical naming pattern is regular and cross-linguistically comparable, so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Parietal cortex comes from old words: parietal from a word for 'wall' and cortex meaning 'outer layer'. Think of an 'outer layer' along the side of the head under the crown; it sits there and helps you feel touch and know where things are, so the name matches its job of sensing and knowing where things are.