You'd be giddy, too, if you just won a Nobel prize…
Like Norwegian scientist May-Britt Moser.
She was jointly awarded this year's Nobel prize for medicine along with her husband, and a British-American scientist.
(SOUNDBITE) (Norwegian) NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE, MAY-BRITT MOSER, SAYING:
"Everyone is here to celebrate with us today. It is absolutely fantastic!"
The prestigious annual award was given for their discovery, as a team, of the brain's internal positioning system.
They found so-called "grid cells" that are constantly working to create a map of the outside world -- a GPS of our minds -- and which give clues to how strokes and Alzheimer's affect the brain.
Her husband, Edvard Moser, heard the news after getting off of an airplane in Germany.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NORWEGIAN PSYCHOLOGIST AND NEUROSCIENTIST AND WINNER OF THE 2014 NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE, EDVARD MOSER, SAYING:
"Of course, I am full of gratitude. It's a great moment.
