homunculus
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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 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
If that were the case, it implied that maybe, just maybe, the classic “little man” figure of the homunculus needed to be redrawn.
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
In return, Pierre reported on the manufacture of a homunculus in a glass vial.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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