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Nobel Prizes and Laureates

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981
Roger W. Sperry, David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel

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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981

Roger W. Sperry

Roger W. Sperry

Prize share: 1/2

David H. Hubel

David H. Hubel

Prize share: 1/4

Torsten N. Wiesel

Torsten N. Wiesel

Prize share: 1/4

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981 was divided, one half awarded to Roger W. Sperry "for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres", the other half jointly to David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system".

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