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“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.”

Quote by May-Britt Moser

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May-Britt Moser

May-Britt Moser is a renowned neuroscientist known for her research in the field of neuroscience. She and her husband, Edvard Moser, discovered grid cells in the hippocampus, which has significant implications for understanding how the brain encodes spatial information. more

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