Roger Wolcott Sperry - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	20-August-1913
Place of Birth	Hartford (United States of America, Connecticut, Hartford County, Area code 959, Area code 860, Area codes 860 and 959)
Nationality	United States of America
Profession	Scientist, Psychologist
Roger Wolcott Sperry was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist 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.

Awards by Roger Wolcott Sperry

Check all the awards nominated and won by Roger Wolcott Sperry.

1989

National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences	(For his work on neurospecificity which showed how the intricate brain networks for behavior are effected through a system of chemical coding of individual cells, which has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of human nature.)

1981

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	(for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres.)

1979

Wolf Prize in Medicine	(for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.)
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research	(For contributing to a major advance in man's knowledge of brain function, and the understanding of mental and psychosomatic diseases.)

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