PSYCHOLOGIST

Roger Wolcott Sperry

1913 - 1994

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Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work with split-brain research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Wolcott Sperry has received more than 431,874 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Wolcott Sperry is the 60th most popular psychologist (down from 59th in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from United States (down from 901st in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Psychologist.

Roger Wolcott Sperry is most famous for his work in the study of split-brain patients. He found that the left and right hemispheres of the brain have different functions.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Roger Wolcott Sperry ranks 60 out of 235. Before him are Aaron T. Beck, Alexander Luria, Fritz Perls, Stanley Milgram, Pierre Janet, and Solomon Asch. After him are Geert Hofstede, Karl Abraham, Stanislav Grof, Leon Festinger, Alice Miller, and Philip Zimbardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Roger Wolcott Sperry ranks 43. Before him are Albert Ellis, Jimmy Hoffa, Artur Axmann, René Clément, Witold Lutosławski, and Erich Priebke. After him are Jacobo Árbenz, Vinicius de Moraes, Muddy Waters, Aimé Césaire, Masanobu Fukuoka, and Charles Trenet. Among people deceased in 1994, Roger Wolcott Sperry ranks 45. Before him are Pierre Boulle, Niels Kaj Jerne, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Witold Lutosławski, Fernando Rey, and Pujie. After him are Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Raul Julia, Jessica Tandy, Roland Ratzenberger, Jack Kirby, and Matt Busby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Wolcott Sperry ranks 967 out of 20,380. Before him are Melanie Griffith (1957), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Geena Davis (1956), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mickey Rooney (1920), and Angelo Badalamenti (1937). After him are Dashiell Hammett (1894), John Cassavetes (1929), Lynn Margulis (1938), Bette Midler (1945), Mildred Harris (1901), and Joseph Campbell (1904).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Roger Wolcott Sperry ranks 20. Before him are Milton H. Erickson (1901), Alfred Kinsey (1894), Albert Ellis (1913), Martin Seligman (1942), Aaron T. Beck (1921), and Stanley Milgram (1933). After him are Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Edward C. Tolman (1886), and Timothy Leary (1920).

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