01:830:305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jennifer Aniston, Neuroimaging, Brain Damage
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Left, right hemisphere do the same thing but separately. Language is on the left side of the brain, if you ask what they see, split brain patients will answer with what"s on their right side. 1950s - grandmother cells individual neurons job to fire when one thinks about their grandmother. Neuroscientists making fun of the idea of specialized functions. Now means a cell with a specific function. Narrowing down seizures - what do we have to cut out for minimal damage. Showed images and measured from electrodes (images of famous people to check recognition) The same cells fire for jennifer aniston and nothing else. Not one person = one cell, but same area of firing. Cell that responds is the end of a chain. Cells respond to identity, not face (includes voice) Brain damage (physical injury, carbon monoxide poisoning affects a very specific part of brain = very specific deficits, etc)
