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Roger Sperry

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Roger Sperry

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Also known as Roger Wolcott Sperry, Roger W. Sperry

American neuroscientist

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Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994) was an American psychologist, neurologist, physician, and university teacher whose field of work was neuropsychology. Born in Hartford and deceased in Pasadena, he was a citizen of the United States. Sperry received his education at Oberlin College and the University of Chicago, where Paul A. Weiss served as his doctoral advisor. He later taught at Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago.

Sperry was recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, the Wolf Prize in Medicine, and the National Medal of Science. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His doctoral student included Michael S. Gazzaniga.

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Born
1913
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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1913
Active to
1994

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1981

    for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres

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Encyclopedic overview

Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David H. Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work with split-brain research. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Sperry as the 44th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

Early life and education

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