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Richard Graham Michael Morris , CBE FRS -LRB- born 27 June 1948 -RRB- is a British neuroscientist .. CBE. CBE. FRS. Fellow of the Royal Society. neuroscientist. neuroscientist. He is known for developing the Morris water navigation task , one of the currently most-widely used rodent-learning tests , and for his work on the function of the hippocampus .. Morris water navigation task. Morris water navigation task. rodent. rodent. hippocampus. hippocampus. He is currently the director of the Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems -LRB- Edinburgh -RRB- and the Wolfson Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh .. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh. Since 1997 , he has been a Fellow of the Royal Society .. Fellow. Fellow. Royal Society. Royal Society. Morris was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 .. Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Order of the British Empire. Professor Morris and two colleagues were named as winners of the 2016 Brain Prize , considered the `` Nobel Prize for neuroscience '' .. Professor Tim Bliss , from London 's Francis Crick Institute , and Professor Graham Collingridge , from the University of Bristol , were the other two .. The scientists made discoveries about the way synaptic connections in the hippocampus brain region are strengthened by stimulation .. hippocampus. hippocampus. The process , known as long-term potentiation -LRB- LTP -RRB- , forms the basis of the ability to learn and to remember .