Roger Sperry
By Ashley Paulson
Date of Birth & Death
- Born August 20th, 1913
- Born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Died April 17, 1994
- Died in Pasadena, California
Background Info
- Son of Francis Bushnell, and Florence Kraemer Sperry in a middle class home
- One brother and father died when Roger was 11
- Won a scholarship to Oberlin College cause of his star athlete abilities and academic record
- Majored in English but took intro to Psychology class which triggered his interest
Contribution to Psychology
- Intro to Psychology class triggered his interest in the brain
- Split brain research- what we know today about the right and left hemisphere
- Won the Nobel Prize with 2 other psychologists in 1981, David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel