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SUMMARY:BMI Seminar // Memory formation and long-term coding in the human 
 hippocampus
DTSTART:20171213T121500
DTEND:20171213T131500
DTSTAMP:20260407T011327Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Rodrigo Quian Quiroga\, Centre for Systems Neuroscience\, Univ
 ersity of Leicester\, UK\nIntracranial recordings in patients suffering fr
 om intractable epilepsy allow studying the firing of multiple single neuro
 ns in awake and behaving human subjects. These recordings are typically do
 ne in the hippocampus and surrounding cortex\, an area known to be critica
 l for memory functions. Using the unique opportunity to record directly fr
 om such neurons in the human brain\, about 10 years ago we found what has 
 been named 'Concept Cells' or 'Jennifer Aniston Neurons' - neurons that re
 present specific concepts\, responding to particular persons or objects\, 
 such as Jennifer Aniston\, Luke Skywalker or the Sydney Opera House. In th
 is talk will show more recent work on how these neurons are involved in fo
 rming and storing declarative\, and particularly episodic memories - the m
 emories we have of our life experiences.\n 
LOCATION:SV 1717 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SV%201717
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