Jerzy Konorski - Grandmother Cells

Grandmother Cells

Konorski first proposed two key concepts in neuroscience (independently of Western scientists who also suggested them). The grandmother cell of the West which Konorski called "gnostic unit." This was developed t in great detail in his 1967 book.

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