Current Views on the Evolutionary Development and Structure of the Mammal Neocortex

The article presents a brief review of current ideas about the evolutionary development and structure of the new cortex (neocortex) of the endbrain in mammalian animals and humans. It discusses various principles of structural and functional organization of the cerebral cortical formations, the main directions and features of their development in ontogenesis and phylogenesis. The authors analyze the problem of a differentiated approach to the interpretation of data on specific and individual characteristics of the morphofunctional organization of the neocortex in mammals.