Navigator in your head. The story of one Nobel discovery. Eikeset W.

Have you thought how your brain knows where you are? Why are your memories related to places? These and many other questions are given answers in this book.

This is the history of the sensational discovery of neurons that help us as the internal GPS system. The book will transfer you to the Laboratory of Scientists Mei-Britt and Edward Moser and will allow you to get acquainted with the work of many researchers who showed how certain incredible cells help rats and people find their own way. This is a fascinating scientific achievement, which made a revolution in our understanding of the brain and brought scientists the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology.