homunculus

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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

The homunculus likely lived to the age of 90 because everyone loves a good story.

From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023

This and other research began to nudge us toward the conclusion that, after 90 years, the homunculus model of the homunculus was ready for retirement.

From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023

But when we moved up or down this brain section that makes up the homunculus, we were in for a surprise.

From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023

And they think that this person is their special human mind, which is called a homunculus, which means a little man.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon