Roger W. Sperry
Wolf Prize Laureate in Medicine 1979
Roger W. Sperry
Affiliation at the time of the award:
California Institute of Technology, USA
Award citation:
“for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain”.
Prize share:
Roger W. Sperry
Arvid Carlsson
Oleh Hornykiewicz
These scientists had made outstanding contributions in brain physiology and physio-pathology.
Professor Roger W. Sperry is honored for his studies on the functional differentiation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Since 1954, Professor at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Sperry is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, The Royal Society and others. He received honorary doctorates from Cambridge University (1972) and from the University of Chicago (1976), and was elected California Scientist of the Year in 1972.