How does the brain create a map of the space surrounding us and how can we navigate our way through a complex environment? This question has occupied philosophers and scientists for centuries.

In this talk we will briefly describe how the brain creates a map of the surrounding environment following the recent discoveries from John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser, winners of 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology.

The link to the live recording of hippocampal place cells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfNVv0A8QvI