grandmother cell

noun

Etymology

Coined around 1969 by Jerry Lettvin, referring to the idea of recognising one's grandmother.

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical neuron that represents a complex but specific concept or object, and…

    A hypothetical neuron that represents a complex but specific concept or object, and activates upon recognition.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grandmother cell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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