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Cognitive neuroscience is entering an exciting era in which new technologies and ideas are making it possible to study the neural basis of cognition, perception, memory and emotion at the level of networks of interacting neurons, the level at which we believe many of the important operations of the brain take place.

From John O'Keefe

I think it's fair to say that the Nobel Prize is the highest honor any scientist or artist can achieve.

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We will move from looking at correlations between brain activity and behaviour to studying how the brain causes mental states and behaviour.

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Science is the quintessential international endeavour, and the sterling reputation of the Nobel awards is partly due to the widely-perceived lack of national and other biases in the selection of the laureates.

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If you take my equipment away from me, I might as well retire.

From John O'Keefe

What I tend to do is I try and get as much writing done... I get as much writing done at home before I go into work.

From John O'Keefe

Science is international: the best scientists can come from anywhere; they can come from next door, or they can come from a small village in a country anywhere in the world - we need to make it easier.

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Britain punches way above its weight in science, and I think we need to continue to do that, and anything that makes it easier to bring scientists in will be very welcome.

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It is an incontrovertible fact that if we want to make progress in basic areas of medicine and biology, we are going to have to use animals.

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I am particularly interested in Alzheimer's disease and have been for some time now.

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