Biology GCSE
Cerebral cortex
What Cerebral cortex means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cerebral cortex
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The large folded outer layer of the brain, responsible for consciousness, intelligence, memory and language.
Topics that use Cerebral cortex
- The brain (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
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