homunculus

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

From Scientific American

As Buzsáki points out, this entails something like a “homunculus,” a separate experiencer sitting in a mental theater and taking in what the brain “shows” it.

From Scientific American

This poorly understood and speculative entity goes by various names—free will, homunculus, decision maker, executive function, intervening variables or simply just a “black box.”

From Scientific American

In 1950 neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield and a colleague published a depiction of a homunculus that wrapped around the somatosensory cortex and illustrated where the brain processed touch for specific body parts.

From Scientific American

Such experiments led to the famous homunculus: a map of which brain regions represent various body parts.

From Science Magazine