Homunculus

Concept

A representation of the human body in the brain's sensory and motor cortex, popularized by Wilder Penfield, showing how different body parts are mapped.

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How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure

How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure

Andrew Huberman

A distorted map of the body surface located in the somatosensory cortex, representing the density of sensory innervation.

Control Pain & Heal Faster with Your Brain

Control Pain & Heal Faster with Your Brain

Andrew Huberman

A map of the body surface in the brain where representation is scaled according to nerve receptor density and sensitivity, not body part size. More sensitive areas (lips, fingertips) have larger brain real estate.

363 ‒ A new frontier in neurosurgery: brain-computer interfaces, new hope for brain diseases, & more

363 ‒ A new frontier in neurosurgery: brain-computer interfaces, new hope for brain diseases, & more

Peter Attia MD

A representation of the human body in the brain's sensory and motor cortex, popularized by Wilder Penfield, showing how different body parts are mapped.