tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post4010065484237304598..comments2024-03-14T23:52:09.893-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: A New Clitoral Homunculus?The Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-48381567624267123102019-04-12T10:19:55.281-07:002019-04-12T10:19:55.281-07:00Who is the illustrator of final diagram depicting ...Who is the illustrator of final diagram depicting the female anatomy?Havenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909507299246173681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-59091429138054182842012-01-02T18:15:52.821-08:002012-01-02T18:15:52.821-08:00I stumbled upon this blog as a woman (with a biolo...I stumbled upon this blog as a woman (with a biology background so I don't mind digging around on a neurology site) who finds her orgasms to be significantly heightened by having the bottoms of her feet held by her partner. It's like night and day, the sensation is so much more intense. I looked around online thinking surely there would be some sex sites with this little tip, but found nothing. I certainly don't know this body of literature, but is there any way that the proximity of the genitals to the feet in the homunculus could be responsible for this? It happens without fail, and I've had male sexual partners that report the same thing. Sorry to bother you with this, but I just can't find any information to explain this unexpected upside of my feet. Sincerely and thank you in advance, NicoleNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796061469716211266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-77559417757056369762009-08-24T19:52:45.096-07:002009-08-24T19:52:45.096-07:00Gosh, Still unmapped and anonymous, I wasn't a...Gosh, Still unmapped and anonymous, I wasn't aware of the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8617151" rel="nofollow">Allison et al. (1996)</a> paper, thanks for the reference! From the abstract:<br /><br />"<i>We describe methods of localizing functional regions of the mesial wall, based on 47 patients studied intraoperatively or following chronic implantation of subdural electrodes. Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded to stimulation of posterior tibial, dorsal pudendal, median, and trigeminal nerves. ... The foot sensory area occupied the posterior paracentral lobule, while the genitalia were represented anterior to the foot sensory area, near the cingulate sulcus.</i>"<br /><br />And I do appreciate your puns.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-66476965803449001622009-08-22T19:07:19.647-07:002009-08-22T19:07:19.647-07:00Gosh, neurocritic, I was all ready to lap this up ...Gosh, neurocritic, I was all ready to lap this up until I remembered that there was a paper published in the mid-90s that had stimulated research in this area. To wit:<br /><br />Allison, T., McCarthy, G., Luby, M., Puce, A. and Spencer, D. D. (1996). Localization of functional regions of human mesial cortex by somatosensory evoked potential recording and by cortical stimulation. Electroencephalography and clinical neurophysiology, 100(2):126-40.<br /><br />It is true that there are few decently conducted studies of the the somatosensory mapping of the genitalia, so I think this study is worthy of mention since it is not an fMRI study but did suggest that the homonculitic representation of the genitalia were displaced towards (wait for it) the cingulate sulcus.Still unmapped and anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-90749012954556385242009-08-15T13:27:40.817-07:002009-08-15T13:27:40.817-07:00Sorry to change the subject, but a fascinating stu...Sorry to change the subject, but a fascinating study on love and hate, Oct. 1 08, in this blog. Questions: Is hate the same as anger, intensified? If so, is anger (I think it is) the symptomological display of depression? (Seems to be so in adolescents.) Is the opposite of love not hate, but fear? Sorry to distract. Now I'm going to read the Homunculus blog. Gary SturniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-19570448116875744792009-08-12T12:03:43.011-07:002009-08-12T12:03:43.011-07:00It would be nice if they'd stimulated a few mo...It would be nice if they'd stimulated a few more random body parts, to verify that the paradigm was revealing a homunculus rather than, I don't know, making people move around in the scanner when their toe was stimulated because it was a bit uncomfortable.Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-53350096239597951672009-08-11T17:59:25.863-07:002009-08-11T17:59:25.863-07:00Andy - I agree it would be interesting to consider...Andy - I agree it would be interesting to consider the arousal ratings and whether they affected the results. But you'd need to recruit more participants for this. There were only 15 originally, and data from 2 women were dropped from the study because of excessive head motion during the scan.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-6032989087283151522009-08-11T08:04:08.612-07:002009-08-11T08:04:08.612-07:00Fun!
"stimulation was neither felt painful n...Fun!<br /><br />"stimulation was neither felt painful nor elicited... any sexual arousal"<br /><br />I do not possess a clitoris, but I expect that even in the most clinical of situations, stimulation of my penis would, eventually, result in some sexual arousal.<br /><br />I see they used a scale to check for arousal: -10 being lots, +10 being none. The range: −7.5 to +8. It's a shame they didn't add this to the analysis!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208461201183085397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-71637676673468923762009-08-10T22:32:44.074-07:002009-08-10T22:32:44.074-07:00Yes, both of the homunculus figures are off there....Yes, both of the homunculus figures are off there...The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-9014357160134832542009-08-10T21:50:01.236-07:002009-08-10T21:50:01.236-07:00I think they're still missing something: There...I think they're still missing something: There is no way that either diagram accurately depicts the nipples (and breasts).Jonathan Hepburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333749909468762319noreply@blogger.com