
The Brain’s GPS Tells You Where You Are and Where You’ve Come From
Scientists are discovering how the brain navigates
May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser are professors in psychology and neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. The two co-founded the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in 2007 and the Center for Neural Computation in 2013, both located at the university. In 2014 they shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John O'Keefe of University College London for the discovery of the brain's positioning system. Credit: Nick Higgins
Scientists are discovering how the brain navigates
Scientists are discovering how the brain navigates
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