posterior cingulate cortex

noun

The hind part of the cingulate cortex: it controls mind-wandering and rumination.

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nounposterior cingulate cortex (plural posterior cingulate cortices)

plural posterior cingulate cortices

  1. anatomyThe hind part of the cingulate cortex: it controls mind-wandering and rumination.
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