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17:30 Beijing Time October 6, 2014: John O'Keefe and May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Chinese name
- 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- John O'Keefe
- John O'Keefe
- Year 2014
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Nominated List
- John O'Keefe
- Smell
- Discover the location cells in the hippocampus
- 17:30 Beijing Time October 6, 2014: John O'Keefe and May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- John O'Keefe was born in 1939 in New York City, USA, and holds both American and British citizenships. He received his doctoral degree in physiological psychology from McGill University, Canada in 1967. After that, he moved to England for postdoctoral training at University College London. He has remained at University College and was appointed Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in 1987. John O'Keefe is currently Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre in Neural Circuits and Behaviour at University College London. [1]
- "For their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioningsystem in the brain." [1]
- Discover the cells that build the brain's positioning system, GPS cells.
- How do we know where we are? How can we find the way from one place to another? And how can we store this information in such a way that we can immediately find the way the next time we trace the same path? This year's Nobel Laureates have discovered a positioning system, an "inner GPS" in the brain that makes it possible to orient ourselves in space, demonstrating a cellular basis for higher cognitive function. [1]
- How do we know where we are? How do we find one place from another? How do we store this information so that we can quickly find the same path next time? This year's (2014) Nobel Prize winners have discovered a brain positioning system, internal GPS, that can guide our spatial positioning and provide a cellular basis for more advanced cognitive functions.