encephalization noun.
[ɛn,sɛf(ǝ)lʌɪ'zeɪʃ(ǝ)n] Also
encephalisation.
M20.[from ENCEPHALO- + -IZATION.]An evolutionary increase in the complexity or relative size of the brain; a shift of function from non-cortical parts of the brain to the cortex.
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