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The researchers examined postmortem samples from the prefrontal cortex, an area at the front of the brain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

"We already knew that these projections influence how the cortex develops," Bhaduri said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Scientists have known for years that neurons in the thalamus send long projections toward the cortex.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

A brain network known as the frontoparietal cortex plays a major role in managing this flow of information.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

It looks as if your cortex was folded up quickly and stuffed in any old way, but the truth is that every human brain is folded in exactly the same way.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"Both the frontal and posterior temporal cortexes disrupt semantic integration, which we see happen in individuals with various aphasias," Murphy said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023

Prefrontal cortexes, responsible for impulse control, don’t finish developing until the mid-20s.

From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022

But Rego, who has practiced psychiatry for three decades, takes the unique approach of examining with specificity the impact of 21st century life on our magnificent, misunderstood prefrontal cortexes.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2021

A select number of Americans, it should be noted, don’t even own a flat-screen, tablet or other instrument of destruction delivering all this rottery into our cerebral cortexes.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2021

Though no writer can avoid idioms altogether—they’re part of the English lexicon, just like individual words—good writers reach for fresh similes and metaphors that keep the reader’s sensory cortexes lit up.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Extensive preclinical work in the motor and visual cortices was carried out with Dr. Tolias and Bijan Pesaran, professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, both recognized leaders in computational and systems neuroscience.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025

In fact, neuroimaging studies show the brains of children who eat more processed snack foods are smaller in volume, particularly in the frontal cortices, than those of children who eat a more healthful diet.

From Salon ● May 28, 2024

When activity in sensory cortices exceeds a threshold, a global ignition event is triggered across these cortical areas, whereby information is sent to the entire workspace.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023

In one 2022 study, Fani, Harnett and their colleagues reported that among 81 Black women who had experienced trauma, those who reported experiencing more racial discrimination showed proportionally thinner gray matter in the cingulate cortices.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023

According to neuroscientists, what makes a creative thinker is the high activity in the association cortices sections of the brain—responsible for making new connections and for “eureka” moments.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin