2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine awarded to 3 Norwegian and American scientists

(VOVworld) – British-American scientist John O’Keefe and the Norwegian scientist couple May-Britt Moser and Evard Moser were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine on Monday for discovering the brain's navigation system, known as the inner GPS.

2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine awarded to 3 Norwegian and American scientists - ảnh 1

May-Britt Moser, a Nobel Prize laureate, spoke after Goran Hansson, the secretary of the Karolinska Institute’s Nobel Committee, announced the 2014 Nobel Prize recipients for physiology or medicine. (Photo: AP)

A statement by the Nobel Committee said Monday that the three scientists’ discoveries “have solved a problem that has occupied philosophers and scientists for centuries—how does the brain create a map of the space surrounding us and how can we navigate our way through a complex environment?”, and that “the positioning system they discovered helps us know where we are, find our way from place to place, and store the information for the next time.”

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