Neopallium Neopallium Long-term depression Category="Cerebrum"In the Anatomy of animals, the neopallium or neocortex is a part of the Telencephalon in the Brain. The neocortex is part of the cerebral cortex which covers most of the surface of the cerebral hemispheres including the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes. It corresponds to the Isocortex.

Neocortex means "new" cortex, because it is of relatively recent evolutionary origin. The human neocortex is believed to have developed only within the last one million years. Often seen as the hallmark of human intelligence, the role of this structure in the brain appears to be involved in conscious thought, spatial reasoning, and sensory perception. It works in a complementary way with the Hippocampus.