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Torsten Wiesel

Swedish neuroscientist

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Torsten Nils Wiesel is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

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Born
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Place of birth
Uppsala wd
Citizenship
Sweden, United States wd
Occupation
academic, lecturer, neurologist, neurobiologist wd
Education
Karolinska Institutet wd
Spouse
Jean Stein wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981)
  • National Medal of Science (2005)
  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978)
  • Dickson Prize in Medicine (1980)
  • Rosenstiel Award (1971)
  • Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977)
  • Sharpey-Schafer Lecture and Prize (1983)
  • Neuronal Plasticity Prize (1991)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1982)
  • Ralph W. Gerard Prize (1993)
  • Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
  • Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council (2006)

Questions

When was Torsten Wiesel born?
Torsten Wiesel was born on 3 June 1924 in Uppsala.
Where did Torsten Wiesel study?
Torsten Wiesel was educated at Karolinska Institutet.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Torsten Wiesel · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q271421 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Torsten Wiesel-7Nov2006.jpg by Festival della Scienza (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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