cortex

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

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Even before I first saw the film during last year’s Sundance Film Festival, this one-line elevator pitch was taking up all the space in my prefrontal cortex.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

The network is located within the motor cortex, the area of the brain responsible for controlling body movements.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

This reduced response appeared in the auditory cortex, the region responsible for processing sound and speech.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

That is why our brainstem is surrounded by the R-complex, then the limbic system and finally the cerebral cortex.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan