John O’Keefe | Biography, Nobel Prize-Winning Neuroscientist, …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist who contributed to the discovery of place cells in the hippocampus of the brain and elucidated their role in cognitive (spatial) mapping. He won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
John O'Keefe (neuroscientist) - Wikipedia
WEBJohn O'Keefe, FRS FMedSci (born November 18, 1939) is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a professor at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour and the Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London. He discovered place cells …
John O’Keefe – Biographical - NobelPrize.org
WEBThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was divided, one half awarded 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"
John O'Keefe – Facts - NobelPrize.org
WEBJohn O'Keefe. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014. Born: 18 November 1939, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University College, London, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”. Prize share: 1/2.
John O'Keefe - Kavli Prize
WEBJohn O’Keefe is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London. In June 2013, he was appointed as the Inaugural Director of the Sainsbury Welcome Centre.
Professor John O'Keefe wins Nobel Prize for Physiology or …
WEBOct 6, 2014 · Professor John O'Keefe, Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits & Behaviour and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Division of Biosciences at UCL, has today been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of cells that constitute a ...
Nobel prize for decoding brain’s sense of place | Nature
WEBOct 6, 2014 · The discovery of the cells sheds light on one of neuroscience’s great mysteries — how we know where we are in space. John O’Keefe of University College London won half of the prize for his ...
John O’Keefe – Interview - NobelPrize.org
WEBJohn O’Keefe was working at his desk at home in London when he got the news that he had been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser. Listen to an interview about how John O’Keefe reacted when he got the call from Stockholm.
CV - John O'Keefe | Lindau Mediatheque - Lindau Nobel …
WEBAs well as receiving a half share of the Nobel Prize, in 2014 O’Keefe received the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience “for the discovery of specialised brain networks for memory and cognition”. In 2007, he received the British Neuroscience Award for Outstanding Contribution and in 2008 he received the Federation of European Neuroscience ...
John O’Keefe – NAS
WEBJohn O'Keefe is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in the role of the hippocampal formation in spatial memory and navigation. He was born in Harlem, New York and grew up in the South Bronx. He originally studied aeronautical engineering in the evening at New York University but switched to City College…
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