GIVEN THE DIFFERENCES in the regions of the body surface represented in the cerebellum of various types of animals, the question became: How is the mouth of a rat like the forepaws of a cat or the fingers of a monkey?

• 一旦我们知道，不同动物的小脑所代表的体表区域有所不同，那麽接下来的问题是：大鼠的嘴，与猫的前脚掌或猴子的手指有何相似之处?