Torsten Nils Wiesel is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.
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Erwin NeherAlso won Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize
António DamásioAlso won Neuronal Plasticity Prize
Edvard MoserAlso won Karl Spencer Lashley Award
Susumu TonegawaAlso won Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council
Bert SakmannAlso won Ralph W. Gerard Prize
Eric LanderAlso won Fellow of the New York Academy of MedicineAbout this person
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Born 1924 · age 102
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