Roger Wolcott Sperry
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 30 years ago |
Date of birth | August 20,1913 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Hartford |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Date of died | April 17,1994 |
Died | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Known for | Chemoaffinity hypothesis |
Books | Science and moral priority |
Brain Circuits and Functions of the Mind: Essays in Honor of Roger Wolcott Sperry, Author | |
Children | Janeth Hope |
Glenn Michael | |
Job | Psychologist |
Neurobiologist | |
Neuropsychologist | |
Education | The University of Chicago |
Oberlin College | |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research | |
National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences | |
Wolf Prize in Medicine | |
Field | Neuropsychology |
Spouse | Norma Gay Deupree |
Parents | Florence Kraemer Sperry |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 468456 |
Roger Wolcott Sperry Life story
Roger Wolcott Sperry was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work with split-brain research.