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Grandmother cell logo #21000 The grandmother cell is a hypothetical neuron that represents a complex but specific concept or object. It activates when a person `sees, hears, or otherwise sensibly discriminates` a specific entity, such as his or her grandmother. The term was coined around 1969 by Jerry Lettvin. A similar concept was proposed two years earlier by Jerzy Konors.....
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