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Brain scans find the penis at last
New Scientist ^ | 25JUN05 | N/A

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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To: Allegra
Oprah? I think there's a thread about her around here somewhere.

LOL!

How've you been?

21 posted on 07/02/2005 9:26:12 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
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To: 1riot1ranger; albee; Argh; beaureguard; bedolido; Bella_Bru; beyond the sea; CholeraJoe; ...
Argh found us a gem here!

Salacious Ping List ping!
22 posted on 07/02/2005 11:10:24 AM PDT by Xenalyte (End women's suffrage! Hasn't the country suffered enough?)
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To: QwertyKPH
Penis Envy
Penis Envy
23 posted on 07/02/2005 11:16:22 AM PDT by Gondring (The can have my Bill of Rights when they pry it from my cold dead hands.)
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To: TADSLOS; katnip

Oh that is precious, thank you.


24 posted on 07/02/2005 11:18:53 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: cyborg

ping


25 posted on 07/02/2005 11:44:59 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: QwertyKPH; Xenalyte

26 posted on 07/02/2005 12:09:02 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Honor - Dignity - Courage - Loyalty)
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To: mmercier
Just woke up from his nap.
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27 posted on 07/02/2005 12:13:25 PM PDT by Beaker
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To: Gondring

Who needs brains....


28 posted on 07/02/2005 12:17:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Lady Jag
Excellent!
29 posted on 07/02/2005 12:23:14 PM PDT by QwertyKPH (Non-profane tagline)
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To: Lady Jag

OMG!! You rascal you.


30 posted on 07/02/2005 1:34:22 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (WOO HOO!)
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To: MarMema

ROTFL


31 posted on 07/02/2005 2:02:46 PM PDT by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: QwertyKPH
AT LAST we know where the penis is represented in the male brain.

For many of us, the penis IS the male brain.

32 posted on 07/02/2005 3:15:15 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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To: jb6

humor break ping


33 posted on 07/02/2005 5:38:10 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: Argh; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; pissant

Can you believe - after an exhaustive search, they finally found the penis between the toes and the abdomen.

They should have asked me - I knew were it was all the time.


34 posted on 07/02/2005 6:21:57 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Confucius say: Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall.)
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To: pax_et_bonum; Allegra

I was at the opera, it stunk - came here to learn about the big brain and the little brain.

(taking notes...)

;-)

Dasher


35 posted on 07/02/2005 6:23:05 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Confucius say: Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall.)
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To: Berosus; blam; Cincinatus' Wife; Coleus; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA

I love the health tips on FR.

Uh, that's not a euphemism.


36 posted on 07/02/2005 7:19:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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Brain Areas Shut Off During Female Orgasm
AP | 6/20/5 | EMMA ROSS
Posted on 06/20/2005 1:01:37 PM PDT by SmithL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1426849/posts

His Brain, her Brain (Rekindling the gender wars)
Scientific American | 18 June 2005 | Scientific American
Posted on 06/19/2005 10:02:02 AM PDT by voletti
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1426139/posts


37 posted on 07/02/2005 7:23:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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To: QwertyKPH

There's a connection between the penis and the brain? I had no idea. ;-)


38 posted on 07/02/2005 8:01:36 PM PDT by SilentServiceCPOWife
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To: QwertyKPH

LOL, Headache Generator, now that makes sense.


39 posted on 07/02/2005 8:03:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: melt

"It took a loooong time to build its reputation, but the University of Frankfurt is now regarded as the world's expert on weenies."

No, that's still the Sorbonne, if only on the basis of its output alone--they may not know what it is they do, but they do know how to do it.

The University of Frankfurt just happens to have moved up a notch.


40 posted on 07/02/2005 8:20:03 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile ("Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist." -- John Adams. "F that." -- SCOTUS, in Kelo.)
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