May-Britt Moser — Questions and answers

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What did John O'Keefe discover in the 1970s?

Choices

  1. New types of cheese for mice
  2. 'Place cells' in the hippocampus ✓
  3. A new room for virtual rats
  4. How to make colored dots

Answer: 'Place cells' in the hippocampus

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Where did May-Britt and Edvard Moser establish their research?

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  1. In a big city park
  2. In the mountains of Norway
  3. At the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim, Norway ✓
  4. On a digital globe

Answer: At the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim, Norway

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What did the Mosers place into the rat's brain to listen to the neurons?

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  1. Tiny speakers to play music
  2. Harmful magnets to control movement
  3. Tiny, harmless microelectrodes to record electrical chatter ✓
  4. Small treats to make them happy

Answer: Tiny, harmless microelectrodes to record electrical chatter

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What astonishing pattern did the Mosers discover and call 'grid cells'?

Choices

  1. A random splatter of dots
  2. A perfect hexagonal lattice ✓
  3. A zig-zag line
  4. A circle with a star

Answer: A perfect hexagonal lattice

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In what year were May-Britt Moser, Edvard Moser, and John O'Keefe awarded the Nobel Prize?

Choices

  1. In 1970
  2. In 2000
  3. In 2014 ✓
  4. In 2020

Answer: In 2014

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