Neurons that only respond to Jennifer! | Robert Sapolsky

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In his lecture on reductionism, Robert Sapolsky mentions a weird scientific experiment that showed some neurons in the brains of rhesus monkeys would respond to a picture of Jennifer Aniston and Sydney opera house! These neurons are also known as grandmother neurons.
⚪️ This short is extracted From Robert Sapolsky Stanford Lectures: 21. Chaos and Reductionism. #shorts
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✏️ Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is currently a professor of biology, and professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, neurosurgery, at Stanford University. In addition, he is a research associate at the National Museums of Kenya.
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