grey matter

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Grey matter is the material in the outer parts of of the brain as compared with the white matter towards the center. The majority of the cell bodies of neorones is within the grey matter and connections within the grey matter are largely local. The nerve fibres that connect more distant neorones, extend through the white matter.

Used in Chap. 6: page 83