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The goal was to first simulate a single neocortical column, then take another ten or so to replicate an entire brain.
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IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2010
Yet, the average individual has few opportunities to experience such neocortical quieting.
—Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2024
Dense networks of neocortical neurons in this area connect in a looped configuration; output signals feedback into input neurons, allowing the posterior hot zone to influence its own behavior.
—Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2024
And the neocortical column is the elementary processor for human beings to have coherent perception, attention, and memory.
—David Kushner, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
These patients respond to threats but do not report awareness of the threat stimulus or conscious feelings of fear; self-report of conscious feelings in such patients correlates with neocortical activity.
—Dean Mobbs, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019
All available evidence implicates neocortical tissue in generating feelings.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
Of the 1,200 neocortical genes that Panksepp looked at in one rat experiment, about one third of them showed significant changes in activity after just a half-hour of play.
—Siobhan O’Connor, Time, 6 Sep. 2017
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IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2010
Yet, the average individual has few opportunities to experience such neocortical quieting.
—Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2024
Dense networks of neocortical neurons in this area connect in a looped configuration; output signals feedback into input neurons, allowing the posterior hot zone to influence its own behavior.
—Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2024
And the neocortical column is the elementary processor for human beings to have coherent perception, attention, and memory.
—David Kushner, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
These patients respond to threats but do not report awareness of the threat stimulus or conscious feelings of fear; self-report of conscious feelings in such patients correlates with neocortical activity.
—Dean Mobbs, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019
All available evidence implicates neocortical tissue in generating feelings.
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 8 May 2018
Of the 1,200 neocortical genes that Panksepp looked at in one rat experiment, about one third of them showed significant changes in activity after just a half-hour of play.
—Siobhan O’Connor, Time, 6 Sep. 2017
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neocortical
adjective
neo·cor·ti·cal
-ˈkȯrt-i-kəl 
: of or relating to the neocortex
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