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Roger W. Sperry

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Roger W. Sperry
Full Name
of the recipient		Roger W. Sperry
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1981
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withDavid H. Hubel (25.0%)
Torsten N. Wiesel (25.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Place of BirthHartford, CT, United States USA
Date of Birth19 August 1913
Age
at the time of Award		67 years
Place of DeathPasadena, CA, United States USA
Date of Death17 April 1994
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