temporal ccortex
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| Noun | 1. | temporal ccortex - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum temporal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe" amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum - an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior |
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