Would love to understand more about the "Grandmother Cell" theory. Is
this the same thing as "genetic knowledge?"
Also is anyone aware of human neuroscientific research being carried out
in countries where there is little or no monitoring of
ethical/professional behavior? What is the impact of biotech and
nanotech in these countries?
Thanks in advance for your response. I am a journalist and a member of
the media.
CCM.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Neuroscience] Grandmother Cell Theory
> From: "simple_one" <davidglt7 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, August 20, 2006 5:26 am
> To: neur-sci at magpie.bio.indiana.edu>> Hello everyone,
>> I appreciate if someone can point me in the right direction and write
> down for me some book or article references that invalidate the
> grandmother/gnostic cells theory.
>> I ran a search on PubMed and the only new relevant article that came up
> was the "Genealogy of the Grandmother Cell" by Charles G Gross.
>> I have a background in computer science and I have been studying
> neuroscience by myself for a couple of years now.
>> Unfortunately some of the arguments presented in there in favor of
> having a piece of information represented as an ensemble of cells seem
> to me that they actually give credit to the gnostic cell theory. Like
> this argument: "Even the most selective face cells usually also
> discharge, if more weakly, to a variety of individual faces".
>> Most of the other books and articles I have read don't deal with this
> theory at all so I assume that perhaps it was invalidated some time
> ago.
>> Thanks in advance.
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