homunculus
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Motor homunculus regions were thought to only be linked to each other across the brain’s hemispheres, the left hand with the right hand, and the left foot with the right foot.
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
The homunculus likely lived to the age of 90 because everyone loves a good story.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
I filed the broken homunculus discovery in the “does not compute” folder of my brain and tried to work on other projects.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
And they think that computers don’t have this homunculus.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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