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Edvard Moser
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Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist
Edvard Moser is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist whose work has contributed to our understanding of how the brain works. His research matters because it helps explain fundamental processes in neuroscience that affect how we think, learn, and navigate the world.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2014
“for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edvard
- Family name
- Moser
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Ålesund Municipality
- Spouse
- May-Britt Moser
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Oslo
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- John O'Keefe
- Field of work
- neuroscience
- Image
- Edvard Moser 2015.jpg
- Residence
- Trondheim
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- name in native language
- Edvard Moser
- Commons category
- Edvard Moser
- date of birth
- 1962-04-27
- P8168
- Saman
- interested in
- neurophysiology
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Encyclopedic overview
Edvard Ingjald Moser ( pronounced [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmoːsər]) is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who as of May 2024 is a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.
He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 with long-term collaborator and then-wife May-Britt Moser, and previous mentor John O'Keefe for their work identifying the brain's positioning system. The two main components of the brain's GPS are grid cells and place cells, a specialized type of neuron that respond to specific locations in space. Together with May-Britt Moser he established the Moser research environment.
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