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Not in this case, it seems. At the end, the author mentions that the original image was never supposed to be taken very seriously. It was a coarse (my interpret
by tgv 4y ago
Not in this case, it seems. At the end, the author mentions that the original image was never supposed to be taken very seriously. It was a coarse (my interpretation) model for teaching medical students.
- panxyh 4y agoAnd that should’ve been obvious to any sensible person, let alone a scientist or medical professional.
- tgv 4y agoIdk. The brain was (and really still is) very badly understood. But even back then, they already knew that nerves connected roughly in that area. Then a theory that posits a minimal topological mapping between the two makes sense. I can imagine the motor cortex evolving like that, or growing with the fetal development. So in the early days, this was a sensible model. It overstayed its welcome, as so many theories do. Many scientists still hold on to coarse brain regionality.