homunculus
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In my first neuroscience course at Columbia University, I learned about the homunculus.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
Wilder Penfield, the trailblazing Canadian-American neurosurgeon, created the homunculus metaphor after mapping areas of the human brain by using direct electrical stimulation in awake patients in the 1930s.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
As part of our quest, we became aware of contradictory findings in macaques and other nonhuman primates, which had not at the time sufficed to challenge the homunculus metaphor.
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 theory was so seductive—so artfully vivid—that even the invention of the microscope was unable to deal the expected fatal blow to the homunculus.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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