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 ======The Sensory and Motor Cortices====== ======The Sensory and Motor Cortices======
  
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 Penfield's Homunculus has been widely adopted as a way of illustrating the somatotopic organization of the cortex, and has been refined and modified in subsequent research. It has become a widely recognized concept in the field of neuroscience and is frequently used to explain the relationship between the cortex and the body. Penfield's Homunculus has been widely adopted as a way of illustrating the somatotopic organization of the cortex, and has been refined and modified in subsequent research. It has become a widely recognized concept in the field of neuroscience and is frequently used to explain the relationship between the cortex and the body.
  
 +=====Other Researchers=====
  
 +There have been many prominent neuroscientists who have made significant contributions to the mapping of the sensory and motor cortex. Some of the most notable include:
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 +  * **Kurt Goldstein** - Goldstein was a German neurologist who conducted pioneering work on the organization of the sensory cortex in the 1920s and 1930s. He emphasized the importance of functional specialization within the cortex and showed that different regions of the cortex processed different sensory modalities.
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 +  * **David H. Hubel and Torsten Wiesel** - Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 for their work on the processing of visual information in the cortex. They conducted a series of experiments that helped to define the organization of the primary visual cortex and showed how different cells in this region were specialized for different aspects of visual processing, such as orientation and spatial frequency.
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 +  * **Eric Kandel** - Kandel is an Austrian-American neuroscientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his work on the cellular and molecular basis of memory. He also made important contributions to our understanding of the neural basis of sensory and motor processing, including the role of the basal ganglia in motor control.
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 +  * **Jon H. Kaas** - Kaas is an American neuroscientist who has made important contributions to our understanding of the organization of the sensory and motor cortex, including the mapping of sensory and motor areas in various species of primates. He is also known for his work on the neural basis of perceptual learning and plasticity in the cortex.
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 +  * **Marcel Van der Loos** - Van der Loos was a Dutch neuroscientist who conducted pioneering work on the mapping of the primary somatosensory cortex in the 1970s and 1980s. He showed that different regions of this area were specialized for different aspects of touch processing, such as pressure and texture.
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 +These are just a few of the many neuroscientists who have made important contributions to the mapping of the sensory and motor cortex. Their work has helped to lay the foundation for our current understanding of the organization and functions of these areas and has had a lasting impact on the field of neuroscience.
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