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homunculus

[huh-muhng-kyuh-luhs, hoh-] / həˈmʌŋ kjə ləs, hoʊ- /




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Why would there be this separate fundamentally different profile of brain connections right in the middle of this section of motor cortex if there was only a single integral homunculus?

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

In my first neuroscience course at Columbia University, I learned about the homunculus.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

In his book Penfield highlighted that the homunculus was mainly a model for teaching medical students; that it must not be overinterpreted.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

It shows the homunculus stretched out over the brain’s surface, a small body with enlarged mouth, hands and feet, each part exaggerated in proportion to the amount of neural real estate occupied.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

In return, Pierre reported on the manufacture of a homunculus in a glass vial.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The myth of artificial life, from homunculi and cyborgs to robots and androids, is the focus of an exhibition about the Golem at the Jewish Museum Berlin.

From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016

Now Saul Zaentz and his studio partners have a new target, albeit one less likely to elicit sympathy from fans of hairy-footed Shire-dwelling homunculi: low-budget flick Age of the Hobbits.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012

We had been eager to interview Ms. Holmes about small men — the homunculi who infest her character’s house in the movie.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2011

Away from hunky homunculi territory, the video reminds us of the return of Hugo Weaving's Elrond and Cate Blanchett's Galadriel, and delivers an interesting nugget about another vital returnee from The Lord of the Rings.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2011

We note that from the homunculi come giants and dwarfs and wonderful beings.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe




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