Originally posted by 753
it's probably becasue back then folk believed the human frontal lobe was disproportionately larger in humans than in other apes and accounted for a greater cognitive capacity. of course, some marvel telepaths can use their powers without any brain at all and survive as bodyless minds.
well, I wouldn't say SMA+PMA+M1 were bad candidates for "psy" locations (maybe TK at least), you are probably right about it being folk psychology more than anything real.
In terms of comics, especially in universes that aren't really big on scientific representations anyways, ala: Marvel or DC, a disembodied consciousness almost makes more sense for psy powers. Its an easy enough cop-out and in terms of narrative is way more congruent with how the powers are depicted.