Thus, the 3D representation of that map forms the known sensory homunculus. Skip to ... the thalamus guides the formation of the functional cortical columns and the concomitant somatotopic map ...

For instance, one investigation has outlined how the classical somatotopic homunculus is interspersed with inter-effector regions that coordinate whole-body action, suggesting a refined somato ...

In Hideo Yamamoto’s manga series “Homunculus,” this untapped cerebral potential is unleashed through a method based on even shakier science: the skull-perforating technique known as trepanning.