How do neurons in the brain represent movie stars, famous buildings and other familiar objects? Rare recordings from single neurons in the human brain provide a fresh perspective on the question. 'Grandmother cell' is a term coined by J. Y. Lettvin toparody the simplistic notion that the brain has a separate neuron to detect and represent every object (including one's grandmother). The phrase has become a shorthand for invoking all of the over whelming practical arguments against a one-to-one objectcoding scheme. No one wants to be accused of believing in grandmother cells. But on page 1102 of this issue, Quiroga et al. describe a neuron in the human brain that looks for all the world like a 'Jennifer Anistori cell. Ms Aniston could well become agrandmother herself someday. Are vision scientists now forced to drop their dismissive tone when discussing the neural representation of matriarchs?
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机译：大脑中的神经元如何代表电影明星，著名建筑物和其他熟悉的物体？人脑中单个神经元的罕见录音为该问题提供了新的视角。 “祖母细胞”是J. Y. Lettvin创造的一个术语，用来简化大脑中具有独立的神经元以检测和代表每个物体（包括祖母）的简单概念。该短语已成为针对一对一对象编码方案调用所有过度实用的论点的简写。没有人愿意被指控相信祖母牢房。但是在此问题的第1102页上，Quiroga等人。形容人脑中的神经元，就像“珍妮弗·安妮斯托里（Jennifer Anistori）细胞”一样，在全世界寻找。安妮斯顿女士很可能有一天会自己成为祖母。现在，在讨论女家长的神经表征时，视觉科学家是否被迫放弃他们的不屑一顾？
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