Scientists have found brain cells devoted to Jennifer Aniston, and the Star Wars character Luke Skywalker

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Researchers at Leicester University in the UK have reportedly found brain cells devoted to Friends star Jennifer Aniston and the Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.

The Daily Mail reports scientists have discovered that single brain cells leap into action when shown pictures of celebrities, suggesting that individual cells are used to store memories of specific people or places.

It contradicts the theory that networks of cells are used to process images of people.

One subject had a cell that specifically recognised pictures of Jennifer Aniston, another cell for Pamela Anderson, one for the Tower of Pisa and one for the Sydney Opera House.

Other subjects had cells devoted to Halle Berry, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton and Tom Cruise.

Neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, who headed the team, said the findings could be used in research into Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, epilepsy and in the development of prosthetic limbs controlled by the brain.

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