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The cerebral cortex is very wrinkled. How does the wrinkling make the brain more efficient?

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Increases surface area so the brain can store more info and neurons.

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It is allows the cerebral cortex to have much more surface area and therefore, room to have neurons and information to be stored within the brain. If the cerebral cortex was flat and smooth, not wrinkled, less information would be able to be stored in it. ]

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