Cortex & Higher Cognition

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Frontal cortex

Involved in planning, decision making, impulse control, and problem solving.

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Cerebral cortex

The outer layer of the brain is responsible for higher mental processes like perception, thought, and voluntary movement.

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Corpus callosum

Thick band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres.

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Cross-lateralization

Each brain hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body