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homunculus
[ huh-muhng-kyuh-luhs, hoh- ]
noun
- an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon.
- a diminutive human being.
- the human fetus.
homunculus
/ ³óɒˈ³¾ÊŒÅ‹°ìÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™²õ /
noun
- a miniature man; midget
- (in early biological theory) a fully-formed miniature human being existing in a spermatozoon or egg
Derived Forms
- ³ó´Çˈ³¾³Ü²Ô³¦³Ü±ô²¹°ù, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó´Ç·³¾³Ü²Ôc³Ü·±ô²¹°ù adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of homunculus1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of homunculus1
Example Sentences
In my first neuroscience course at Columbia University, I learned about the homunculus.
As Buzsáki points out, this entails something like a “homunculus,†a separate experiencer sitting in a mental theater and taking in what the brain “shows†it.
This poorly understood and speculative entity goes by various names—free will, homunculus, decision maker, executive function, intervening variables or simply just a “black box.â€
In an article published in Brain in 1937 that first described the work that led to the development and refinement of the homunculus.
Such experiments led to the famous homunculus: a map of which brain regions represent various body parts.
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