May-Britt Moser Quotations

We didn't care about salaries and having a nice car. We just cared about science and were really ambitious.

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.

Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling.

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.

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.

Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth.

It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.

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.

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.

I don't think about being male or female, I just behave naturally. I think in terms of excellence in science, not gender.