Roger Sperry was an American neuroscientist whose research revolutionized our understanding of how the brain works, particularly through his groundbreaking studies on the functions of the left and right hemispheres. His discoveries about brain organization and how the two sides communicate earned him significant recognition in the field of neuroscience and changed how scientists think about the brain's structure and capabilities.
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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.
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