Your brain has individual neurons that respond to the smell of bananas

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Your brain has individual neurons that respond to the smell of bananas

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Our brains contain “banana” neurons that ***** when we see or smell the fruit, or even just hear the word “banana”, hinting at how concepts are encoded within the brain.

We already know that several brain regions – including the piriform cortex, amygdala, hippocampus and entorhinal cortex – are responsible for processing smells, but until now no one had ever explored the role of individual brain cells, or neurons.

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