Torsten Wiesel
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Torsten Nils Wiesel (born 3 June 1924) is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel,[5][6][7] he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine,[4] for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry[8] for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.[9]
Quick Facts 7th President of Rockefeller University, Preceded by ...
Torsten Wiesel | |
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7th President of Rockefeller University | |
In office 1991–1998 | |
Preceded by | David Baltimore |
Succeeded by | Arnold J. Levine |
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Born | Torsten Nils Wiesel (1924-06-03) 3 June 1924 (age 99) Uppsala, Sweden |
Spouses | Teeri Stenhammar
(m. 1956; div. 1970)Ann Yee
(m. 1973; div. 1981)Lizette Mususa Reyes
(m. 2008) |
Alma mater | Karolinska Institute |
Known for | Visual system |
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