How to Use cerebral cortex in a Sentence
cerebral cortex
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The resulting paper described the cerebral cortex as an atlas of meaning.
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Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, researchers have found that raccoon forepaws are mapped onto their cerebral cortex – the outer layer of the brain – in a similar manner as human hands.
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Kelly Lambert,
Fortune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Severe injuries to the spinal cord or cerebral cortex also usually result in permanent impairment.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Paradromics’ device has electrodes that penetrate the brain’s cerebral cortex, which is responsible for thinking, memory and language, to record from individual neurons.
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Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Nov. 2025
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The regions of the human brain that are affected by GLP-1s are embedded in a large cerebral cortex, which is involved in higher-order functions such as learning, memory, and consciousness.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Ralph Fiennes plays a black-market dealer of SQUIDS — devices that tap into a wearer’s cerebral cortex and fully capture their experiences so others can relive them.
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James Grebey,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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