Birthdate: November 18, 1939
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
John O’Keefe is a renowned American-British neuroscientist, psychologist, and professor recognized for his groundbreaking discovery of place cells in the hippocampus and their temporal coding through theta phase precession. He currently holds a professorship at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at University College London. In 2014, O’Keefe was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his significant contributions to the field. Additionally, he has received various other accolades and holds a part-time chair at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
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