Look up: encephalization

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   encephalization
   Synonym for corticalization ... In phylogenesis, the migration of function from subcortical centres to the cortex. ... Synonym: encephalization, telencephalization. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   Encephalization
   `Encephalization` is defined as the amount of brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass. Quantifying an animal's encephalization has been argued to be directly related to that animal's level of intelligence. In fact, as early as 1871, Charles Darwin wrote in his book `The Descent of Man`: `No one, I presume, doubts that the large proportion which the size of man's brain bears to his body, compared to the same proportion in...
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   encephalization
   (from the article `nervous system`) Early in the evolution of vertebrates, a special sensory system became associated with each major part of the brain: the olfactory organs with the ...
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   encephalization
   Syn: corticalization
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