cortex
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The cortex is the outer layer of the brain involved in language, memory, and thought.
From BBC
They reflect real activity in your brain's touch-processing region, known as the somatosensory cortex.
From Science Daily
The brain’s conflict detector, the anterior cingulate cortex, activates in uncertainty.
From MarketWatch
The number of apical progenitor cells, which are essential for building the cerebral cortex, was significantly lower.
From Science Daily
Birds demonstrate that conscious processing can occur without a cerebral cortex and that very different brain structures can arrive at similar functional outcomes.
From Science Daily
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