white matter

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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White matter is the material in the centre of the brain in contrast with the grey matter at the outside. The white matter is principally composed of axons, the nerve fibres that connect the bodies of neurones, which are themselves mainly concentretd in the grey matter.

Used in Chap. 6: page 83