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neocortical

neocortical

1 8.9
Related to the outer part of the brain that controls thinking, speech, and senses
  • adjective
  • /ˌniːoʊˈkɔːrtɪkəl/
  • Specialized
: neocortical
  • Research shows that damage to the neocortical layers can impair higher brain functions like language and problem-solving.

Examples

  • To answer these questions, we sought to bridge the gap between single-cell coding and global brain dynamics by broadly surveying neocortical activity during behavior.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Relative to caudate and posterior neocortical damage, volume loss in the structures of the mesial temporal lobe was found to be related to poor recognition memory.

    Academic text (1997)
  • We do our rational thinking in our neocortical brain.

    Blog text (1)
  • The outer part of the entorhinal cortex mirrored the neocortical activity.

    Blog text (3)
  • The nitopalium is that area that's neocortical equivalent, but it's sub pallium.

  • I've seen it in animals with large posterior neocortical lesions that damage parietal areas.

  • The blue-green trace shows neocortical slow oscillation, while the yellow trace shows the persistent activity of entorhinal cortical neurons, even when the inputs from the neocortex were silent.

    Blog text (3)
  • Nervous and cortical system development follow not Euclidean logic, but topological logic: "thus, neocortical development in upper areas happens by cortical folding: this is a topological, not Euclidean, solution." 56

    Academic text (2017)
  • The neocortical regions of the brain are crucial for our ability to think and reason.

  • During cognitive tasks, the neocortical areas are actively engaged in processing information.

Surface Forms

neocortical positive

Morphology

neocortical = cortical (semi-transparent) = neo + cortex + al

The word is regularly formed by adding the prefix neo- to cortical, but the specialized anatomical reference makes it less immediately guessable for many learners.

Etymology

Neocortical comes from neo- meaning 'new' and cortex meaning 'bark' or 'outer layer'. So the neocortical part is the brain's 'new' outer layer, which is why neocortical describes the newer outer area of the brain that handles thinking, memory and language.