cortex

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The team also used pattern visual evoked potentials – a painless test that measured how well signals travelled from the retina to the visual cortex.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The research showed a measurable decline in the performance of the prefrontal cortex between initial scans and five-year follow-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Changes in their activity also influenced how fear-related signals reached the prefrontal cortex, a region involved in decision-making.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

There are many valleys in the mountains of the mind, convolutions that greatly increase the surface area available in the cerebral cortex for information storage in a skull of limited size.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan