Roger Sperry
Lynda Lopez
Neuropsychologist
"The cells and fibers of the brain must carry some kind of individual identification tags"
-Roger Sperry
Birth & Death
- Born August 20, 1913 in Hartford CT
- Died April 17, 1994 in Pasadena CA
School & Prizes
- Earned an under graduate in English at Oberlin College
- Earned a Masters Degree in Psychology in 1937
- Won Nobel Prize for Physiology & Medicine for his "split-brain" project. (cut off injured part of brain to prevent epilepsy)
Contributions
- Demonstrated the importance of the brain in behavior with the "split-brain" project
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Wolcott_Sperry#Nobel_Prize
Psychology I Book