Neocortex
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The neocortex, (Latin for "new bark" or "new rind"), also called the neopallium ("new mantle") and isocortex ("equal rind"), is a part of the brain of mammals. It is the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres, and made up of six layers, labelled I to VI (with VI being the innermost and I being the outermost). The neocortex is part of the cerebral cortex (along with the archicortex and paleocortex, which are cortical parts of the limbic system). In all mammals, it is involved in higher functions such as sensory perception, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning, conscious thought and language.
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See also
- List of regions in the human brain
- Blue Brain, a project to produce a computer simulation of a neocortical column and eventually a whole neocortex
- Memory-prediction framework, a theory of the neocortex function by Jeff Hawkins and related software models
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