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somatotopy: a standalone construct

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Neuroscience

the orderly mapping of body parts onto sensory and motor cortex, with larger territory for finely controlled parts such as hands and face.

In neuroscience, somatotopy refers to the orderly mapping of body parts onto sensory and motor cortex, with larger territory for finely controlled parts such as hands and face. This meaning comes from Penfield (1937) in Brain.[1]

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References

Penfield, W., & Boldrey, E. (1937). Somatic Motor and Sensory Representation in the Cerebral Cortex of Man as Studied by Electrical Stimulation. Brain, 60(4), 389-443. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/60.4.389

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