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Grandmother Cells: Neurons and Recognition by Fer CR is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) A recent study found neurons in the brains of epilepsy patients that responded selectively to images of specific people, like Bill Clinton and Halle Berry, even when the images varied. This provides evidence for the controversial "grandmother cell" theory that individual neurons can represent distinct concepts. 2) The neurons were located in brain areas involved in long-term memory like the hippocampus and amygdala. It is theorized that while many neurons are involved in initial image processing, recogn
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- Fer CR
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