Cerebral Cortex
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Biological Bases of Behavior — Myers' Psychology for AP▶ 37:54Lower mammals, like rodents, have more complex brains that enable emotion and greater memoryExanstim animals, like humans, have a massive cerebral cortex capable of processing vast amounts of information for foresight and complex reasoningThis increasing complexity arises from new brain systems being built on top of old onesNeuroanatomy: Brain, Spinal Cord & Nervous System — Gray's Anatomy for Students▶ 12:18The brain is organized inside out compared to the spinal cordIn the brain, gray matter composed primarily of the six layers of neuronal cell bodies, dendrites, synapses, is located predominantly on the…This is where all the complex computation happensThe Central Nervous System Explained — Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach▶ 8:48And those convolutions are the physical manifestation of increased computing powerThey maximize the surface area for the cerebral cortex, which is where reasoning, planning, and higher cognition, the things we define as…And at the same time, the cerebellum is also evolving