Am Psychol. 2020 Dec;75(9):1199-1202. doi: 10.1037/amp0000792.
The Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions are presented to persons who, in the opinion of the Committee on Scientific Awards, have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology. The 2020 recipients of the APA Scientific Contribution Awards were recognized by the 2019 Board of Scientific Affairs and selected by the 2019 Committee on Scientific Awards. For outstanding contribution, with Lynn Nadel, in developing a framework that linked the discovery of neurons that encode spatial location with a computational theory, a foundational advance in the field of cognitive neuroscience. As described in their influential 1978 book , they showed how neurons within the hippocampus fire when an animal is in a particular place and can be used to map and navigate the world. Over the ensuing years, John O'Keefe's research has further elucidated how the brain represents spatial relations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
杰出科学贡献奖授予那些在科学奖委员会看来，对心理学基础研究做出杰出理论或实证贡献的人。2020年美国心理学会科学贡献奖的获得者由2019年科学事务委员会认可，并由2019年科学奖委员会选出。因与林恩·纳德尔共同做出杰出贡献，开发了一个将编码空间位置的神经元发现与一种计算理论联系起来的框架，这是认知神经科学领域的一项基础性进展。正如他们在1978年具有影响力的书中所描述的，他们展示了动物处于特定位置时海马体内的神经元是如何放电的，以及这些神经元如何可用于绘制地图和在世界中导航。在随后的几年里，约翰·奥基夫的研究进一步阐明了大脑如何表征空间关系。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
