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In ______ coding, a particular neuron might respond to Jason's face, another particular neuron to Sam's face, and another particular neuron to Bill's face.

A) Population
B) Feature
C) Place
D) Object

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Final answer:

In coding where a particular neuron responds to a specific individual's face, the best answer is 'Object' coding. This aligns with the Grandmother Cell hypothesis which suggests that individual neurons can be tuned to recognize specific concepts or objects.

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of coding described in the question, where a particular neuron might respond to a specific individual's face, such as Jason's, Sam's, or Bill's, is known as Grandmother Cell hypothesis or concept coding.

Neurons can be classified based on various factors such as their location, the person who discovered them, their functionality, and the chemicals they use for communication. This coding system suggests that individual neurons are tuned to recognize highly specific concepts, such as the face of a particular person. In the context given, it is opposed to other types of neural coding like population coding, in which multiple neurons together represent a certain feature or stimulus, or place coding, which refers to a spatial representation of information in the brain. Here, 'Object' is the best answer, which corresponds to the concept that a specific neuron reacts to a specific object.

Other options mentioned, like population coding, feature coding, or place coding, are not aligned with this one-neuron-one-concept paradigm.

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