Grid Cells
Concept
type of neuron
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Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #208
Lex Fridman
Specific neurons in the older parts of the brain (hippocampus and entorhinal cortex) that fire when an animal is in a specific location in its environment, forming a grid-like pattern to map space.
Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #25
Lex Fridman
Neurons in the entorhinal cortex that fire when an animal is in a particular set of spatially organized locations, forming a 'grid' in the environment. Hawkins proposes a similar mechanism extends throughout the neocortex for abstract concepts.