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Rodrigo Quian Quiroga in conversation with María Fernández Flecha

Understanding the brain

Arequipa 2025, 

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Argentina) is the discoverer of “concept neurones”, sometimes known as “Grandmother cells”, which activate the recognition of specific concepts, people or images. The neuroscientist explores the human brain in Cosas que nunca creeríais. De la ciencia ficción a la neurociencia, and tells us how the human brain turns scientific advances that once seemed impossible into reality. In conversation with María Fernández Flecha.

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Rodrigo Quian Quiroga in conversation with María Fernández Flecha