Roger W. Sperry

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Medicine
gptkbp:birthDate 1913-08-20
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hartford,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart failure
gptkbp:children gptkb:Glenn_Michael_Sperry
gptkbp:deathDate 1994-04-17
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Paul_A._Weiss
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gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biology
neuroscience
psychology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roger W. Sperry
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Michael_Gazzaniga
gptkb:Joseph_E._Bogen
neuropsychology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_Lashley
gptkb:Paul_A._Weiss
gptkbp:knownFor research on lateralization of brain function
split-brain experiments
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gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkb:Torsten_N._Wiesel
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1981
gptkbp:notableWork hemispheric specialization
split-brain research
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:psychologist
neurobiologist
psychobiologist
gptkbp:religion agnosticism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Pasadena,_California,_USA
gptkbp:signature Roger W. Sperry signature.svg
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