The cortex of the cerebral hemispheres has a large surface. How is this achieved and what is its significance?

The cerebral cortex is enlarged due to the furrows and convolutions. The increase in the surface of the cerebral cortex helped to complicate behavior, which contributed to better adaptation to the external environment (conditioned reflexes appeared, for example).



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