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Where can I get a homunculus like this one? [some NSFW]

waloshin

waloshin

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I have searched the interenet ,but can't find anything like this:

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If you don't know what it is, this mode is a representation of the brain's encoding of body parts; in other words the bigger the body part the more neurons associated with them.
 
686 views and no replies. I think your 15 minutes are up Wally. 😀
 
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Wally? Never. I got at least 50 years on him, so fasten your seat-belts.

I like the thingy though. It's grotesquely cute, for something scientifically accurate.
 
adk said:
I would have expected the little guy's tallywhacker to larger.
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Less neurons, but higher in the pecking order.

Notice the disparity between the left and right hands. Does this infer that the person so modelled is right-handed. 🙁
 
waloshin said:
If you don't know what it is, this mode is a representation of the brain's encoding of body parts; in other words the bigger the body part the more neurons associated with them.
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Totally not joking, but how the hell is there no penis on that thing? 😱
 
Tomorrow said:
Totally not joking, but how the hell is there no penis on that thing? 😱
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Probably because most chaps' penises have minds of their own...

As to where you'd find something that looks like that I'd be tempted to suggest Lincolnshire, although I do note that the examples posted all have the regulation number of fingers so probably not.
 
To make it a little more understandable.... The model show what the human body would look like if each part part of the body grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain responsible for its movement. So.. because our hands have such dexterity there is a large portion of our motor sensory ability devoted to them--hence the large hands. The same can be said for the face a lips.
 
mantic said:
To make it a little more understandable.... The model show what the human body would look like if each part part of the body grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain responsible for its movement. So.. because our hands have such dexterity there is a large portion of our motor sensory ability devoted to them--hence the large hands. The same can be said for the face a lips.
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It can't be said for those huge ears, though.
 
Tomorrow said:
It can't be said for those huge ears, though.
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Actually it can. Our ear drums are the "organ" of hearing--we receive a lot of information through hearing so the area dedicated to this sensory is larger than say the top of your head-- that rarely provides useful input or requires movement. the ears help facilitate our ability to hear so they are portrayed a large.
 
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mantic said:
Actually it can. Our ear drums are the "organ" of hearing--we receive a lot of information through hearing so the area dedicated to this sensory is larger than say the top of your head-- that rarely provides useful input or requires movement. the ears help facilitate our ability to hear so they are portrayed a large.
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Fair enough. But in your above post you stated: "The model show what the human body would look like if each part part of the body grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain responsible for its movement."

So, unless it takes quite a bit of brainpower to wiggle your ears... 😛

Maybe it does take a lot of brainpower. I can't wiggle my ears........wait a minute!
 
whooleytoo said:
Fair enough. But in your above post you stated: "The model show what the human body would look like if each part part of the body grew in proportion to the area of the cortex of the brain responsible for its movement."

So, unless it takes quite a bit of brainpower to wiggle your ears... 😛

Maybe it does take a lot of brainpower. I can't wiggle my ears........wait a minute!
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Ah, my mistake.. to clarify-- it's related to sensory/motor .. not just movement..
 
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