Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by May-Britt Moser

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Norwegian psychologist May-Britt Moser.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
May-Britt Moser

May-Britt Moser is a Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist, who is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She and her then-husband, Edvard Moser, shared half of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded for work concerning the grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, as well as several additional space-representing cell types in the same circuit that make up the positioning system in the brain. Together with Edvard Moser she established the Moser research environment at NTNU, which they lead. Since 2012 she has headed the Centre for Neural Computation.

Children need teachers who have stars in their eyes themselves and who treat them with respect.
We didn't care about salaries and having a nice car. We just cared about science and were really ambitious.
I was the youngest child. I got to be myself and ask stupid questions because I was the youngest. It is so important to listen to the questions children have and reward them for the wondrous questions they ask.
Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling. — © May-Britt Moser
Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling.
A good designer has a lot in common with a good researcher. Both hunt for excellence and perfection. And you have to really focus on the details, and you don't really know what the final result will be before you have it.
Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth.
All children are born with stars in their eyes, and they are curious. It is important for teachers to be careful not to kill this curiosity. A lot can go wrong. Children can be teased, even by teachers.
I was trained to be very tough. My mom told me I shouldn't cry; I shouldn't be afraid of anything.
It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.
I've trained myself to find time to exercise relaxation of the body. I have these programs - I just listen to the instructions, and they're simple. Sometimes you just hold your hand tight and keep your breath - you hold it, hold it, feel all the tension, and then relax.
My frontal lobe doesn't function well. When I'm out with friends, I typically have a cup of coffee, and that's not good for my sleep. And yet I'll do it again, night after night - 'Oh why did I have that cup of coffee?' I can't stop it because I love it.
Some women choose to stay at home and be housewives. If they are happy with it, then it's a wonderful choice. But I know I couldn't do that. I couldn't be a housewife.
It's not fair to look at me and my husband as a couple when it comes to work. In the lab we are colleagues. We have the same vision and we both are very ambitious. I think ambitious people find ambitious people to play with.
As part of the National Strategy, the Government should commit itself to the virtual elimination of functional illiteracy and innumeracy.
I don't think about being male or female, I just behave naturally. I think in terms of excellence in science, not gender.
A good designer has a lot in common with a good researcher. Both hunt for excellence and perfection. And you have to really focus on the details, and you don’t really know what the final result will be before you have it.
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