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单词 homunculus
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The conception of a normal child was merely the transfer of this minihuman—the homunculus—from the father’s sperm into the mother’s womb. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
There’s Chapter Eleven, always so pasty, and bald by the age of twenty-three, so that he makes a perfect homunculus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
And they think that computers don’t have this homunculus. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
But this homunculus is just another picture on the screen in their heads. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
And they think that this person is their special human mind, which is called a homunculus, which means a little man. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The theory was so seductive—so artfully vivid—that even the invention of the microscope was unable to deal the expected fatal blow to the homunculus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
In return, Pierre reported on the manufacture of a homunculus in a glass vial. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It was a sort of mathematical homunculus—an idea borrowed from Pythagoras and Plato—but dressed up with fractions and denominators into a modern-sounding law. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Mr. McEwan’s little homunculus is, by turns, earnest, mocking, sarcastic, searching and irreverent, especially when his mother has had several glasses of wine and he’s reeling from a contact high. Review: ‘Nutshell,’ a Tale Told by a Baby-to-Be (or Not-to-Be) 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z
But the homunculus never materialised – it was an apparition, more insubstantial than the ectoplasm that appeared by sleight of hand in spiritualist seances. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z
Otherwise, like me, you might find yourself marveling at her mastery of language but distracted by wondering how she landed on words like “agglutination” or phrases such as “omniscient homunculus.” Review | Jhumpa Lahiri translates another Italian gem into English: Domenico Starnone’s ‘Trick’ 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z
The photographs are dreamy, but making these unfortunate homunculi appear romantically ethereal is too obvious an approach. Art Review: ?Perspectives? at International Center of Photography 2010-07-22T22:01:00Z
Which makes Josef himself the MacGuffin with a thousand faces, somehow golem and homunculus and gingerbread man at once. A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z
"Worms of the Earth, your burrows forgotten/Wriggle instead in Liam's bottom," D and his milk carton homunculus sing to the smoking cauldron, I expect, or something like it. Stewart Lee: If Damon Albarn is serious about the occult, shouldn't we call him Damien? 2011-07-09T23:06:00Z
The myth of artificial life, from homunculi and cyborgs to robots and androids, is the focus of an exhibition about the Golem at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Berlin's Jewish Museum opens show on mystic golem creature 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z
That myth of the little homunculus sitting in the back of your skull, watching the author’s movie being projected onto the front of your skull—that’s really important to people. Designing a Book Cover for Italo Calvino 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z
Later three-dimensional representations of the homunculus depict it as a grotesque, hairless goblin with enormous lips, hands and feet. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
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. Readers Respond to the June 2022 Issue 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z
The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle posited that some peoples were homunculi, or humanlike but not really people—for instance, if they did not speak Greek. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
The term homunculus comes from the Latin word for “little man” and refers to a map of the human body that is laid across a portion of the cerebral cortex. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
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.” How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z
What was this distinct brain network right in the middle of the homunculus? How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Despite the stiff competition from popular culture, neuroscience textbooks have succeeded better than any other medium in defining the contemporary meaning of homunculus. Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
Such experiments led to the famous homunculus: a map of which brain regions represent various body parts. Brain surgeries are opening windows for neuroscientists, but ethical questions abound 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z
Figure 14.23 The Sensory Homunculus A cartoon representation of the sensory homunculus arranged adjacent to the cortical region in which the processing takes place. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
In time, the rabbit sees the homunculus, says hello, then becomes infuriated when it refuses to answer. How Black Horror Became America’s Most Powerful Cinematic Genre 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z
This and other research began to nudge us toward the conclusion that, after 90 years, the homunculus model of the homunculus was ready for retirement. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
In 1950 neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield and a colleague published a depiction of a homunculus that wrapped around the somatosensory cortex and illustrated where the brain processed touch for specific body parts. Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
The result of his mapping was the iconic “homunculus”: a map on the brain’s wrinkled outer layer representing the surface of the body. Newly detailed nerve links between brain and other organs shape thoughts, memories, and feelings 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z
Similar to the exaggerations in the sensory homunculus of the somatosensory cortex, the foveal-processing area of the visual cortex is disproportionately larger than the areas processing peripheral vision. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
The hands on a homunculus are enormous, and the elbow is disproportionately miniature. The pandemic ruined time 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z
In my first neuroscience course at Columbia University, I learned about the homunculus. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
In an article published in Brain in 1937 that first described the work that led to the development and refinement of the homunculus. Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
Gollum is a simpering, murderous homunculus who detests the sun, feeds on fish, and constantly argues with his "other" self, Smeagol. If "Lord of the Rings" is a parable for trauma, what can it teach us now? 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z
The brain superimposes this experience onto the sensory homunculus where the somatic nerves are connected. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
We forgot to mention there is a homunculus encased in your toaster. Opinion | Some other things inside your devices we forgot to tell you about, sorry! 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z
It shows the homunculus stretched out over the brain’s surface, a small body with enlarged mouth, hands and feet, each part exaggerated in proportion to the amount of neural real estate occupied. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Until that happens, the textbook homunculus—and the missing details for a hermunculus—will likely remain unchanged. Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
Was Google mining my personality, creating an online homunculus from my linguistic tics? Nice! Thanks! Love it! Gmail’s auto-reply is perfect for the lazy emailer 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z
Within this area, finer separation can be made on the basis of the concept of the sensory homunculus, as well as the different submodalities of somatosensation such as touch, vibration, pain, temperature, or proprioception. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z
Keltner’s approach to touch turns on the deeper idea that consciousness itself is “exteriorized”—that we are alive in relation to others, not in relation to some imagined inner self, the homunculus in our heads. What the Science of Touch Says About Us 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z
As a student and later as a practitioner in the field, I had accepted the homunculus as unquestioned fact. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
In terms of sex, the homunculus in this first rendition of a neural touch map was truly a “little man” because it ignored the physiological constituents for what can be labeled a “hermunculus.” Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
Using animal-part discards from the local zoo — apparently heavy on the chimpanzee — they end up stitching together and electrifying what's best described as a homunculus. Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy can't prop up a soulless 'Victor Frankenstein' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z
However, his protocol for generating what he dubbed a homunculus was an unsavoury blend of alchemy and inter-species breeding. Artificial organs: Honey, I shrunk the lungs : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z
He’s also been turning a kids’ dolly into a potty-mouthed demon homunculus. Cracking Dildos And Dollies: Hackers Expose Vulnerabilities In Connected Toys 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z
The homunculus’ hand showed the expected connections to the hand region in the other half of the brain, as did the relevant areas of the motor cortex that control movement of the foot and mouth. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
The homunculus that we know today was developed based on electrical stimulation of different parts of the cortex in more than 400 people undergoing brain surgery for epilepsy or to remove a tumor. Where Are Genitals Represented in the Brain? 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
For example, a homunculus, or “little man,” is mapped onto the brain’s motor and somatosensory cortices, such that different regions of this cortical map support movement and sensation in different body parts. Our Brains Have a Map for Numbers 2014-01-14T12:45:00.321Z
Here, then, is heresy: maybe there is no one in charge — no independent, self-serving, order-issuing homunculus. Opinion: Who’s in Charge Inside Your Head? 2012-10-06T17:19:00Z
Homunculus for homunculus I prefer that of the Frenchman; he’s at least more amusing. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z
But when we moved up or down this brain section that makes up the homunculus, we were in for a surprise. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Based on this procedure, Penfield mapped the "sensory homunculus:" a strip of cortex that runs roughly from one ear, up and over the top of the brain, to the other ear. Dirty Thoughts: The Secrets of the Erotic Female Brain 2011-08-16T05:20:00Z
We had been eager to interview Ms. Holmes about small men — the homunculi who infest her character’s house in the movie. Nocturnalist: Herding Cats on a Runway at the Algonquin 2011-08-13T01:20:06Z
He satisfied himself that the brain of this homunculus was discernible. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z
As opposed to the kind of Americans who tend to squat like vampiric fiscal homunculi on the neck of their floundering, whinnying prey. Wayne Rooney, Americans and the terrible burden of ambition 2010-10-22T23:07:00Z
A seemingly absurd pattern popped out in the imaging that showed three interconnected and previously undocumented areas right in the homunculus section of the motor cortex. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
The Mill wonders which way the beardy Yank fiscal homunculi are going to go on this one. Football transfer rumours: Glen Johnson to Juventus? 2010-10-14T07:52:00Z
The master built his reputation upon this "homunculus", but in 1438 the demoniacal feat became known; Wedderstroem was put to the stake for sorcery—and Carolus, unhappy victim, with him.... The Brain
Once more the tenor, who plays the part of narrator, enters, and in solo and recitative assures us how like a brave homunculus the Fay resisted her blandishments. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers
Now the generation of the homunculus is not to be forgotten. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
Motor homunculus regions were thought to only be linked to each other across the brain’s hemispheres, the left hand with the right hand, and the left foot with the right foot. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Adams came finally to acknowledge the unusual powers of the Western "homunculus" as a debater. Stephen Arnold Douglas
As he watches, the outlines of a diminutive human being—a mannikin or 'homunculus'—become visible and rapidly gain distinct form. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'
It is no longer a question of attempting to create the homunculus, like the chemists of the nineteenth century; but rather of taking the lantern of Diogenes and going in search of the man. Spontaneous Activity in Education
We call it homunculus and it should then be brought up just like another child with great diligence and care till it comes to its days of understanding. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
Why would there be this separate fundamentally different profile of brain connections right in the middle of this section of motor cortex if there was only a single integral homunculus? How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
A President of the British Association almost led one to imagine that "the homunculus in the retort" might be expected in a few weeks. Science and Morals and Other Essays
The world has such men by the million, and the homunculi that infest all our communities must not hinder women from appreciating the glory of true manhood. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony
The conception of man as the creator of man was quickly discredited in the material domain; but the psychical homunculus still persists among the practical conceptions of pedagogy. Spontaneous Activity in Education
In the description of the generation of the homunculus the power of rotting material has been pointed out. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
I filed the broken homunculus discovery in the “does not compute” folder of my brain and tried to work on other projects. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
The word imports what the Latins call homunculus, the Italians homunceletino, and the English mannikin. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I
"We've managed to get some testosterone from a blond homunculus," he reported. The Sky Is Falling
The homunculus in the glass sphere in Doctor Wilhelm's cabin appeared again. Atlantis
We note that from the homunculi come giants and dwarfs and wonderful beings. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
These connections to higher-order control regions planted the idea that the three-spot network might be important for merging motor command signals from the homunculus with neural activity for more abstract planning. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
That is the gruesome fact that Paracelsus fed the homunculi he manufactured on human blood. The Magician
Now, Mr. T.G., you must understand that, according to my standard, you are a homunculus of the lowest type. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series
He was sitting with Doctor Wilhelm in his cabin, and, as Wagner once had done, was observing a homunculus still undergoing embryonic development in a glass sphere on which light was shining. Atlantis
In short, if we regard the matter somewhat more closely, it is after all not so extraordinary that they made serious attempts to create the homunculus. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
If that were the case, it implied that maybe, just maybe, the classic “little man” figure of the homunculus needed to be redrawn. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
He had explained at length to somebody that magical receipts existed for the manufacture of homunculi. The Magician
He turned his back on these Doctor Wagners, brooding on their alembics to hatch out some homunculus in bottle: and, running away from French music, he sought to enter literary circles and Parisian society. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House
I feel my Madonna in the hollow of my hands like a homunculus. Atlantis
Mandrake alum gave a certain impetus to the development of the homunculus idea and practice. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
As part of our quest, we became aware of contradictory findings in macaques and other nonhuman primates, which had not at the time sufficed to challenge the homunculus metaphor. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
There were ten homunculi—James Kammerer calls them prophesying spirits—kept in strong bottles, such as are used to preserve fruit, and these were filled with water. The Magician
The same little grey homunculus that filled my "prince's mixture" years before, stood behind the counter at Lundy Foot's, weighing out rappee and high toast, just as I last saw him. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2
At least the petted and rather fastidious Miss Brewster's fancy would be captured only by a gentleman, not by any such homunculus as the mountain dweller. The Unspeakable Perk
As they did with alchemy in general, so charlatans also made use of the production of the homunculus. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
Overall, our findings mean that the homunculus wears no clothes. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Of these, the most marvellous were those strange beings, male and female, which were called homunculi. The Magician
Thus it is common to hear hardware or software talked about as though it has homunculi talking to each other inside it, with intentions and desires. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
I prefer the talk of the French homunculus; it is at least more amusing. A Bundle of Letters
Their business was based on the great profits that were offered by the possession of a homunculus and that are equivalent to those of mandrake alum. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
The homunculus likely lived to the age of 90 because everyone loves a good story. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
The change had to be made rapidly, because while the homunculi were exposed to the air they closed their eyes and seemed to grow weak and unconscious, as though they were about to die. The Magician
Yet it was little enough care that the rosy little homunculus seemed to require, so strenuously did he clench his fists, and bawl as though he were minded to challenge the whole world to combat. Through Russia
Kind gods! just gods! such novelties as the homunculus Coccoz showed me! The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
It is easy to show the possibility that many a duffer was led toward the production of the homunculus by erroneous interpretation of the procreation symbolism occurring in the alchemistic writings. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
The imagery of the distorted figure of the homunculus, with outsized lips and hands, was so compelling that it took on a life of its own. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
The homunculus within died after a few painful respirations in spite of all efforts to save him, and the body was buried in the garden. The Magician
But I say, Congrio, yon homunculus—yon pigmy assailant of my cranes—yon pert-tongued neophyte of the kitchen, was there aught but insolence on his tongue when he maligned the comeliness of my sweetmeat shapes? Last Days of Pompeii
The homunculus offered me his last book, with his last smile. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
The homunculus motive would likewise have to be regarded in a new light. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
In his book Penfield highlighted that the homunculus was mainly a model for teaching medical students; that it must not be overinterpreted. How Our Team Overturned the 90-Year-Old Metaphor of a ‘Little Man’ in the Brain Who Controls Movement 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
So he stared while the homunculus letting his cloak fall about him, aspired an immense quantity of snuff out of the hollow of his palm. Within the Tides
I must observe that the hermetic attempt to get back to Adam's condition has some of the homunculus phantasy in it. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
"Yes, Monsieur," answered the homunculus; "the book is complete, and it is not dear—one franc twenty-five centimes, Monsieur." The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
We recognize therefore the anagogic significance of the homunculus, the idea of which we found closely interwoven with alchemy in general. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
The idea of palingenesis appears to have no little significance for the existence of the homunculus production. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
The homunculus, undergoing one of his rapid changes, seized the officer’s arm.  Within the Tides
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