Wilder Penfield devised a technique for stimulating the cortex of his patients while they were awake. Because his patients were able to communicate the sensations they could feel during the procedure,

it led to the development of a sensory and motor map called…

a) the somatotropic map.
b) the sensory homunculus.
c) the postcentral map.
d) the somatosensory homunculus.
e) the sensory funiculus

Answer: D

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