homunculus
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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
Overall, our findings mean that the homunculus wears no clothes.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023
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 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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