John O'Keefe

Nobel Prize lecture

Spatial Cells in the Hippocampal Formation

John O’Keefe delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2014 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Hans Forssberg, Adjunct Member of the Nobel Committee.

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John O’Keefe delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2014 at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He was introduced by Professor Hans Forssberg, Adjunct Member of the Nobel Committee.

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