homunculus
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These connections to higher-order control regions planted the idea that the three-spot network might be important for merging motor command signals from the homunculus with neural activity for more abstract planning.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
What was this distinct brain network right in the middle of the 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
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
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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