The Neuron – A Hackers Perspective

It's not too often that you see handkerchiefs around anymore. Today, they're largely viewed as unsanitary and well… just plain gross. You'll be quite disappointed to learn that they have absolutely nothing to do with this article other than a couple of similarities they share when compared to your neocortex. If you were to pull the neocortex from your brain and stretch it out on a table, you most likely wouldn't be able to see that not only is it roughly the size of a large handkerchief; it also shares the same thickness. The neocortex, or cortex for short, is Latin for "new rind", or "new bark", and represents the most recent evolutionary change to the mammalian brain.