AT LAST we know where the penis is represented in the male brain.
The genitalia鈥檚 location on the 鈥渉omunculus鈥�, the brain鈥檚 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鈥檚 body while recording brain activity.
Each man鈥檚 penis was represented in the same place 鈥� flanked by the areas for the toes and abdomen 鈥� Kell told the Organisation of Human Brain Mapping annual meeting in Toronto. 鈥淭he only depressing thing,鈥� he says, 鈥渋s that the representation is very small.鈥�
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