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Torsten Nils Wiesel Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Torsten Nils Wiesel, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Sweden.

2 records1981–19812 events1 places

Chronological biography

1981

Nobel Prize in Medicine10 December 1981
Science / Medicine · Neurophysiologist · Stockholm

Shares the medicine prize for discoveries about visual information processing.

Visual Cortex Research10 December 1981
Science / Medicine · Neurophysiologist · Stockholm

Reveals how cortical cells organize and respond to visual stimuli.

Titles and roles

Neurophysiologist

Record provenance

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