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John O’Keefe (born November 18, 1939, New York City, New York, U.S.) British-American neuroscientist who contributed to the discovery of place cells in the hippocampus of the brain and elucidated their role in cognitive (spatial) mapping.
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Apr 12, 2024 · News. Remembering the Real Victim in the Karen Read Case, My Friend John O’Keefe. Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her Boston Police officer boyfriend, has been painted...
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John O'Keefe, FRS FMedSci (born November 18, 1939) is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a professor at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour and the Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London.
- United Kingdom, United States
- Discovering place cells
Feb 3, 2022 · The family of John O’Keefe, the Boston police officer who died this past weekend, is speaking out, describing him as an “exemplary” family member. O’Keefe, 46, was off-duty when he was ...
Dec 10, 2023 · CNN — In the pre-dawn hours of January 29, 2022, a man was found dead in a blizzard outside a house in suburban Boston. He was wearing two shirts, blue jeans, socks and one black Nike sneaker. On...
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2014 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. Learn about Neuroscience. John O’Keefe is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London. In June 2013, he was appointed as the Inaugural Director of the Sainsbury Welcome Centre.
