Jennifer Aniston neuronとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Jennifer Aniston neuron (複数形 Jennifer Aniston neurons)

1. (informal) Synonym of grandmother cell
   • 2012, Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 173:

     In fact, the Jennifer Aniston neuron also responded to Lisa Kudrow, another star of Friends (the television series that made them both famous), in an experiment carried out the next day.

   • 2014, John Medina, Brain Rules, updated and expanded edition, Pear Press, →ISBN, page 94:

     A Jennifer Aniston neuron? How could this be? Surely nothing in our evolutionary history suggests that Jennifer Aniston is a permanent denizen of our brain wiring.

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