Surgeon Wilder Penfield systematically applied tiny currents to the brains of conscious patients with epilepsy to determine which areas of the brain responded normally and which were damaged. Penfield used the technique of _____ to map the specific functions of the somatosensory cortex.

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Surgeon Wilder Penfield used electrostimulation of the brain to map the specific functions of the somatosensory cortex, applying tiny currents to conscious patients with epilepsy to determine which areas of the brain responded normally and which were damaged.

Surgeon Wilder Penfield Systematically Applied Tiny Currents to the Brains