Definition of neocortex in English:
neocortex
nounPlural neocortices ˌniːəʊˈkɔːtɛksˌnēōˈkôrteks
Anatomy A part of the cerebral cortex concerned with sight and hearing in mammals, regarded as the most recently evolved part of the cortex.
Example sentencesExamples
- All this remembering goes on in a particular part of the brain called the neocortex.
- Previous opinion held that the malleable behavior of mammals required the higher-order neocortex found in mammals.
- The neocortex is unique to mammals, and accounts for around 85 per cent of the mass of the human brain.
- Is there something special about hypermineralized tissues that stuns the speech centers of the neocortex, rendering normal communication impossible?
- A direct analogy exists between the construction of ARN in the functionally plastic mushroom bodies and protocerebral lobes of bees and the construction of ARN in the neocortex of mammals.