Jennifer Aniston neuron
nounEtymology
Named after Jennifer Aniston, from a 2005 study which identified a neuron firing to photographs showing the actress.
Definitions
Synonym of grandmother cell.
- In fact, the Jennifer Aniston neuron also responded to Lisa Kudrow, another star of Friends (the television series that made them both famous), in an experiment carried out the next day.
- A Jennifer Aniston neuron? How could this be? Surely nothing in our evolutionary history suggests that Jennifer Aniston is a permanent denizen of our brain wiring.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Jennifer Aniston neuron. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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