neocortex
- n the cortical part of the neencephalon
- Females have more heft in the neocortex, a higher-order region that wires them for complex tasks like nurturing and reading social cues.
- When Damasio worked with patients in whom the connection between emotional brain and neocortex had been severed because of damage to the brain, he discovered how central that .
- Millions of years ago, the neocortex was added on, enabling humans to plan, learn and remember.