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What is the neocortex responsible for?
What is the neocortex responsible for?
- Visual functions
- Cognitive functions (correct)
- Language
- Blindness
What kind of connections are there between the regions of the neocortex?
What kind of connections are there between the regions of the neocortex?
- Hierarchical
- Random
- Both hierarchical and random (correct)
- None of the above
What can damage to the left side of the neocortex result in?
What can damage to the left side of the neocortex result in?
- Blindness
- Loss of language (correct)
- Cognitive functions
- Visual functions
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Study Notes
- The neocortex is the organ of intelligence.
- The neocortex is responsible for various different cognitive functions, but has no visually obvious divisions.
- The neocortex is connected to the older parts of the brain via nerve fibers.
- Damage to the back of the head results in blindness, and damage to the left side could lead to loss of language.
- The regions are connected to each other with bundles of nerve fibers.
- Some of the connections between the regions are hierarchical, suggesting that information flows from region to region in an orderly fashion, like a flowchart. But there are other connections between the regions that seem to have little order, suggesting that information goes all over at once.
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