CBC Christmas Quizz

1. Who was the owner of the most famous human hippocampus in neuroscience?

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Answer explanation

Henry Molaison (1926-2008) lost most of his hippocampus as a consquence of the surgery that was conducted on him to treat his epilepsia. The epilepsia disappeared, but H.M. became unable to form new memories.

Do you know which structure of the brain contains more neurons?

• Cerebellum

• Cortex

• Thalamus

• Hippocampus

Answer explanation

According to the literature it contains more than 70 billion neurons.

Which cognitive function is commonly associated with the area highlighted in the plot?

• Face processing

• Memory

• Language processing

• Decision making

If we asked you to cite some scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their contributions to the field of Neuroscience, you would probably name several of them without much thought. Let’s make it easy: name only one. The only condition is that the scientist needs to be a woman…

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Answer explanation

To our knowledge, there are three women who have been awarded with the Nobel Prize for their contributions to Neuroscience

Rita Levi Montalcini (1986): “Growth factors”

Linda B. Buck (2004): “Odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system”

May Britt Moser (2014) “Cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain”

Which of the following scientists has not been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine?

• 1. Sir Bernard Katz

• 1. Camillo Golgi

• 1. David H. Hubel

• 1. Daniel Kahneman

Answer explanation

In 2002 he was awarded a Nobel prize, indeed. But it was for his contribution to Economics!

1. Who shares with Juan Manuel Toro the great honour of having been awarded an IG Nobel prize?

• Nuria Sebastián Gallés

• Gustavo Deco

• Rubén Moreno Bote

• Luca Bonatti

• Salvador Soto Faraco

Answer explanation

We feel so proud!

1. In the IG Nobel Prize mentioned before, which languages were the rats unable to distinguish when spoken backwards?

• 1. German and French

• 1. Japanese and Dutch

• 1. Russian and Catalan

• 1. English and Swahili

Which year was the CBC founded?

• 2002

• 1998

• 2005

• 2012

In which year did we decide to escape from the Tanger Building and build our own empire in Ciutadella Campus?

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How many papers have been published in the CBC since its foundation?

• 1. 500 to 1000 

• More than 1000

• 300 to 400

• 403