The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
User Defined Definitions
"that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord"
"mental ability"
"that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason"
"someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality"