(1) Here he clarifies the nature of these internal images, during on concrete examples from the image of infection and the image of self, the immunological homunculus.
(2) By assuming that people do perceive directly the behavioral properties of an event, the direct approach avoids the danger of putting too much emphasis on intelligence in perception and at the same time avoids the homunculus trap.
(3) In this regard, Coutinho's new network theory or Cohen and Young's theory of immunological homunculus nicely reconciles these aspects.
(4) The Hobbit is the tale of a hairy footed homunculus named Bilbo Baggins who sets out with 13 dwarves and a wizard, Gandalf, to wrest a priceless treasure from a sly old dragon.
(5) The thumb was larger than the middle finger, as in the homunculus.
(6) It is also hypothesized that the thalamic neurons are organized according to a master scheme representing a homunculus in the fetal position.
(7) Somatotopic maps produced with this technique showed slight differences to the 'classic' homunculus obtained from studies using direct cortical stimulation.
(8) PV represented the contralateral body surface in a somatotopic manner that can be roughly characterized as an inverted "homunculus" with the limbs directed medially, the trunk located ventrally, and the face congruent with the representations of the upper lip and nose in S-I.
(9) To our knowledge, this is the first instance of an ovarian homunculus occurring simultaneously with an intrauterine pregnancy.
(10) The experiences obtained during 30 years work with the deep electrodes gave the possibility to formulate some psychophysiological concepts of 1) memory, 2) vertical homunculus and 3) cooperation between limbic system and hypothalamus.
(11) Cortical representation was larger for the index finger than for the little finger and for the middle finger than for the ring finger, which are similar to findings in the monkey but different from Penfield's classic sensory homunculus.
(12) Taken together, the computed tomographic correlations with the syndromes of hemiparesis showed only slight support for the classical view of a homunculus in the internal capsule.
(13) Stimulation of the motor cortex transcranially has shown a rough somatotopy of stimulation sites on the scalp corresponding to the homunculus and preferential activation of contralateral hand muscles, as well as very short latencies of signals in the cervical spinal cord.
(14) The pathologic and radiographic findings of a homunculus originating in a mature ovarian teratoma are described and compared with those of 22 cases reported in the literature.
(15) The undersurface of the tongue starting from the tip of the tongue in the mid-line and going towards the root of the tongue along the frenulum in the mouth represents one kind of homunculus consisting of the neck, face, head, ears, upper & lower extremities and back of the body.
(16) January 27, 2014 According to Merriam-Webster , Homunculus means "a little man" and "a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size."
(17) Those variations that occur do so mainly by confusion within the motor homunculus, rather than by its movement as a whole across the cortex.
(18) This interpretation is free of homunculus, as well as from the criticism raised against the cognitive model of symbol manipulation.
(19) The Hobbit is based on the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hairy-footed homunculus who lives in a land, Middle-earth, which is filled with wizards, elves, goblins and trolls.
(20) The theory of the immunological homunculus is presented here as a unifying principle.
Parietal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
(a.) Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
(a.) Of pertaining to the parietes.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
(a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
(n.) One of the parietal bones.
(n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
Example Sentences:
(1) We report on a patient, with a CT-verified low density lesion in the right parietal area, who exhibited not only deficits in left conceptual space, but also in reading, writing, and the production of speech.
(2) Our findings indicate that Turner girls have a functional brain disorder more often than the controls, particularly at the occipital and parietal areas and in those with hemispheric differences most often in the right hemisphere.
(3) Beta 1 activity increased during the first 10 min of KB in occipital and to a lesser degree in parietal regions.
(4) The present study was planned in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the PTFE surgical membrane as a parietal peritoneal substitute.
(5) Three animals received unilateral lesions which included both the inferior parietal lobule and a portion of adjacent dorsal prestriate cortex (IPL-PS).
(6) This dye is concentrated and secreted by the parietal cells.
(7) Five daily injections of TGF beta-1 or -2 were administered subcutaneously over the frontal and parietal bones of seven-week-old mice.
(8) The distribution of cells at the stage of DNA synthesis and mitosis in all the parietal peritoneum speaks of the absence of special proliferation zones.
(9) The pineal of certain lizards possesses a finger-like projection that extends toward the parietal eye.
(10) There were no differences in brain metabolic rates in lateral cortical areas (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes).
(11) 5-Bromo-indoxyl acetate esterase was likewise absent from the parietal vascular cells of the central artery.
(12) Duodenal ulcer patients also exhibit an increase in the number of parietal cells, which results in an increase in maximum acid output.
(13) Moderately higher GLUT3 mRNA levels were detected in the parietal lobe of the cerebrum, hippocampus, and cerebellum than the levels of GLUT1 transcripts.
(14) And the maxima of the alpha-power and of the alpha-peak-power are mostly located parietal instead of occipital.
(15) Anosognosia is a well-known manifestation of non-dominant parietal lobe lesions and typically lasts a few days.
(16) This exogenous protein tracer could be seen in apical vacuoles and phagosomes in the cuboidal parietal epithelium.
(17) Fewer labeled cells appeared after parietal, temporal or occipital cortex injections.
(18) In 18 of the 118 stomachs the focal concentration of the parietal cells near the duodenum was greater than the other part of the antrum, reaching more than 50% of the parietal cells of the average fundic gland.
(19) Histological verification revealed a group with consistent parietal damage but also a subgroup with relatively small lesions to dorsal or lateral hippocampus in addition to parietal damage (PC + HIP).
(20) Cellular mechanisms underlying the actions of antisecretory agents were studied with dispersed canine fundic cells; aminopyrine accumulation monitored parietal cell (PC) function.