Concept information
Preferred term
concept cell
Definition
- "neurons in the human MTL [medial temporal lobe] that respond to specific concepts, such as a familiar person." (Quian Quiroga, 2020, p. 995).
Broader concept
Entry terms
- grandmother cell
- Jennifer Aniston neuron
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Quiroga, R. Q. (2012). Concept cells : The building blocks of declarative memory functions. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 13(8), 587‑597. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3251
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Quiroga, R. Q. (2020). No pattern separation in the human hippocampus. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 24(12), 994-1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2020.09.012
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Quiroga, R. Q., Reddy, L., Kreiman, G., Koch, C., & Fried, I. (2005). Invariant visual representation by single neurons in the human brain. Nature, 435(7045), 1102‑1107. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03687
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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neurone de Jennifer Aniston
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neurone grand-mère
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-WVN0CSXR-X
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