The man who mapped how your brain sees the world was born today
Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield was born today in 1891, forever changing our understanding of the mind by creating a physical map of how the human brain processes touch and movement.
Dr. Wilder Penfield revolutionized neuroscience by discovering that specific areas of the brain correspond directly to different parts of the body. During surgeries in the 1930s, he used electrical probes to map the sensory and motor cortex, revealing how the mind perceives our physical selves.
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