neocortex
nounThe dorsal region of the cerebral cortex, especially large in primates, thought to have evolved more recently than other parts of the brain.
nounThe cortical part of the neencephalon; the most recently evolved part of the cerebral cortex of the brain of higher animals, and the site of most of the higher brain functions; called also
The top layer of the
the cortical part of the neencephalon
