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Brain scans find the penis at last
New Scientist ^
| 25JUN05
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Posted on 07/02/2005 5:55:22 AM PDT by QwertyKPH
AT LAST we know where the penis is represented in the male brain.
The genitalia's location on the "homunculus", the brain's map of body parts, has been in dispute since the 1920s. Now Christian Kell at the University of Frankfurt in Germany has put eight men into an MRI scanner to help settle the question. Using a soft brush, Kell stroked parts of each volunteer's body while recording brain activity.
Each man's penis was represented in the same place - flanked by the areas for the toes and abdomen - Kell told the Organisation of Human Brain Mapping annual meeting in Toronto. "The only depressing thing," he says, "is that the representation is very small."
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Hobbies; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brain; brainscan; homunclus; mri
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posted on
07/02/2005 5:55:22 AM PDT
by
QwertyKPH
To: QwertyKPH
"The only depressing thing," he says, "is that the representation is very small."Maybe for him it is.
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posted on
07/02/2005 5:56:46 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(I do not drink more than a sponge.)
To: QwertyKPH
is that the representation is very small." Proving once again that "a little can go a long way".
To: QwertyKPH
Using a soft brush, Kell stroked parts of each volunteer's body while recording brain activity. Sounds kinky!
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:07:58 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: QwertyKPH
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:11:18 AM PDT
by
gg188
To: QwertyKPH
Free Republic is killing me this morning....I haven't laughed this hard in a long time....my dogs are wondering what has happened???? And we won't go into what hubby thinks....LMAO
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:16:07 AM PDT
by
HarleyLady27
(My ? to Libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?")
To: QwertyKPH
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:16:23 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: TADSLOS
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:24:07 AM PDT
by
QwertyKPH
(Non-profane tagline)
To: TADSLOS
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:30:56 AM PDT
by
QwertyKPH
(Non-profane tagline)
To: Xenalyte
The SPL crowd may be interested.
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posted on
07/02/2005 6:37:48 AM PDT
by
Argh
To: QwertyKPH
It took a loooong time to build its reputation, but the University of Frankfurt is now regarded as the world's expert on weenies.
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posted on
07/02/2005 7:35:27 AM PDT
by
melt
(A slimy Michael Moore "film" sticks to you like grime.)
To: QwertyKPH
Where is the WTF kitty...?
Probably sleeping.
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posted on
07/02/2005 7:56:20 AM PDT
by
mmercier
(Incentives and power equations)
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
07/02/2005 8:18:55 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
To: ecurbh
Using a soft brush, Kell stroked parts of each volunteer's body while recording brain activity. Well, if you're going to have medical experiments done to you, this is as good as it gets, I think.
To: QwertyKPH
ROTF!
Female brain: Bad hair days, Chocolate
Male brain: Beer Lobe, Power Tool Lobe, Listening Particle, LOL.
I'm saving that picture and emailing it out to my girlfriends.
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posted on
07/02/2005 9:06:39 AM PDT
by
MotleyGirl70
(Todd Gack. That's a nice name. What is that Dutch?)
To: Xenalyte; Dashing Dasher; pax_et_bonum; Hap
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posted on
07/02/2005 9:07:50 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(On the Rocks With Salt, Please...)
To: QwertyKPH
To: Allegra
Hi, Allegra!
What're a couple of nice girls like us doing at a thread like this?
Shouldn't we be at a thread about opera or something?
;-)
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posted on
07/02/2005 9:18:29 AM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
To: QwertyKPH
What are guys thinking? "I want a beer and I want to see sumpthin naked." - Jeff Foxworthy
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posted on
07/02/2005 9:19:01 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: pax_et_bonum
Shouldn't we be at a thread about opera or something? Oprah? I think there's a thread about her around here somewhere.
I'm sure I saw one.
Oh....opera! Ummmm...let's see if we can find one. ;-)
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posted on
07/02/2005 9:20:43 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(On the Rocks With Salt, Please...)
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