Image of the Day

The images that appear in the "Image of the Day" are selected for the freshness of their views on Brain Mapping, their esthetic appeal, their quirkiness, or someimes just to prod you into thinking about the field and its context. Their appearance here is not an endorsement of their subject matter.

The Sensorimotor Homunculus The representation of the body onto the brain preserves general connectedness and topology, but the amount of cortical surface dedicated to body regions is scaled such that some muscle groups and skin regions project to or from larger brain areas than do others.

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Submitted by: Mark Cohen