Roger Sperry

American neuroscientist.

Quick Facts

Died: 1994-04-17
Occupation: psychologist · neurologist · physician · university teacher · physiologist
Citizenship: United States
Birthplace: Hartford
Membership: Royal Society of London · since 8 April 1976
Affiliation: Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Affiliation: Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Affiliation: Russian Academy of Sciences
Membership: American Philosophical Society · since 1974
Affiliation: National Academy of Sciences

Roger Sperry is the child of Francis Bushnell Sperry.

Date / result	Award / category
1993 Received	APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology
1989 Received	National Medal of Science
1989 Received	William James Fellow Award
1981 Received	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1979 Received	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
1979 Received	Wolf Prize in Medicine
1979 Received	Ralph W. Gerard Prize
8 April 1976 Received	Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1976 Received	Karl Spencer Lashley Award
1971 Received	APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology
1969 Received	Howard Crosby Warren Medal

Roger Sperry’s education and training.

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