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Published online 22 June 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050620-7
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Jennifer Aniston strikes a nerve
Single brain cells show selective response to specific celebrity photos.
Is a single cell in your brain devoted to Jennifer Aniston or Bill Clinton? Maybe so, according to new research.
A recent experiment showed that single neurons in people's brains react to the faces of specific people.
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