The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: A Spatial Model for Cognitive Neuroscience

Understanding how the cognitive functions of the brain arise from its basic physiological components has been an enticing final frontier in science for thousands of years. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was awarded one half to John O’Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser a...

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Published in:Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2014-12, Vol.84 (6), p.1120-1125
Main Author: Burgess, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy & physiology
Animal cognition
Cognition
Cognitive models
Experiments
Hippocampus - physiology
Humans
Memory
Models, Neurological
Neurons
Neurosciences
NeuroView
Nobel Prize
Nobel prizes
Physiology
Rodents
Space Perception - physiology
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Summary:Understanding how the cognitive functions of the brain arise from its basic physiological components has been an enticing final frontier in science for thousands of years. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was awarded one half to John O’Keefe, the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.” This prize recognizes both a paradigm shift in the study of cognitive neuroscience, and some of the amazing insights that have followed from it concerning how the world is represented within the brain. The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edvard I. Moser “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.” Here Burgess discusses their work, its influence, and future implications.
ISSN:0896-6273
1097-4199
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.009