Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology 2014 awarded to scientists from UK/USA and Norway
Congratulation to our British/American and Norwegian purists here. They did not win the price themselves, but nevertheless it is a great honour for their countries to have the Nobel laureates! http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2014...
Absolutely, as a Life Scientist myself this is always...
an announcement I look eagerly forward to! Well deserved, and well done! Best, Magnus
The Nobel is a great honor . . .
. . . and thanks for bring this to our attention. I can't quite comprehend what a 'positioning system' is - could you explain?
It's in fact our own internal GPS system
Or in words of committee " The sense of place and the ability to navigate are some of the most fundamental brain functions. The sense of place gives a perception of the position of the body in the environment and in relation to surrounding objects. During...
A sort of satnav for our brains
Hi Art, this description that I read in the paper yesterday gets it best: the scientists wondered how our brain (although they examined animal brains, of course) precesses local orientation, identifies well known places and spots in contrast to unacquaint...