I always loved these homunculi drawings in intro psych and neuro books. These sculptures from the London Natural History Museum are even better!
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And finally if you have no idea what the heck is going on here. Wikipedia has a good description of the homunculus.
[edit by Sandra - in keeping with our new R-rating, see the NSFW image of a proposed revision involving the penis. Read more here. Oh, and I find it curious/sexist that I can't find an image representing a female homunculus...]
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I want to buy them too.