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Edvard Moser

1962 - Today

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Edvard Ingjald Moser (pronounced [ˈɛ̀dvɑɖ ˈmoːsər]) is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who as of May 2024 is a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 with long-term collaborator and then-wife May-Britt Moser, and previous mentor John O'Keefe for their work identifying the brain's positioning system. The two main components of the brain's GPS are grid cells and place cells, a specialized type of neuron that respond to specific locations in space. Together with May-Britt Moser he established the Moser research environment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edvard Moser is the 143rd most popular psychologist (up from 161st in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Norway (up from 170th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Edvard Moser ranks 143 out of 235. Before him are Elizabeth Loftus, Charlotte Bühler, Steven Pinker, Franz Alexander, J. P. Guilford, and Serge Moscovici. After him are Brian Weiss, Roberto Assagioli, Léopold Szondi, Ulric Neisser, George Kelly, and Françoise Dolto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Edvard Moser ranks 95. Before him are Srettha Thavisin, Shinya Yamanaka, Ollanta Humala, Suzanne Collins, Joan Cusack, and Manuel Valls. After him are Imad Mughniyah, Marty Friedman, Lance Reddick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, John Hannah, and Black.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Edvard Moser ranks 146 out of 1,039. Before him are Oscar Torp (1893), Kirsten Flagstad (1895), Hans Gude (1825), Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), Anathon Aall (1867), and Mari Boine (1956). After him are Camilla Collett (1813), Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090), Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), and Peter Waage (1833).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Norway

Among psychologists born in Norway, Edvard Moser ranks 1. 

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