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Famous ‘homunculus’ brain map redrawn to include complex movements
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Famous ‘homunculus’ brain map redrawn to include complex movements

Max Kozlov The homunculus or ‘little man’ is a foundational concept in neuroscience. Credit: Colin McConnell/Toronto Star via Getty The bizarre-looking ‘homunculus’ is one of neuroscience’s most fundamental diagrams. Found in countless textbooks, it depicts a deformed constellation of body parts mapped onto a narrow strip of the brain, showing the corresponding brain regions that control...