Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for locating brain’s GPS

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for locating brain’s GPS

John O’Keefe, May-Britt  and  Edvard Moser

British-US scientist John O’Keefe and married couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser from Norway have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the brain’s “inner GPS”.
The Nobel Assembly said the discoveries show how the brain creates “a map of the space surrounding us and how we can navigate our way through a complex environment.

source: THE GUARDIAN

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