Roger Walcott Sperry

Doctor

Birthday August 30, 1913

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Connecticut

DEATH DATE Apr 17, 1994 (80)

#243998 Most Popular

About

A biologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his research into split-brain patients.

Before Fame

After getting his doctorate at the University of Chicago, he showed that much of the mammalian nervous system is hard-wired to carry out specific tasks.

Trivia

He worked with patients who underwent operations severing the communication channels between their brain hemispheres, showing each hemisphere controls different functions.

Family Life

He grew up on a farm in Hartford, Connecticut, where he first developed his abiding love of nature.

Associated With

Alfred Hershey was another winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his research on DNA.

Roger Walcott Sperry Is A Member Of