What was the major recognition Sperry received in 1981?
Entry into Hall of Fame
Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
Oscar
Pulitzer in Literature
Answer
Roger Sperry was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1981 for his work on split-brain research. Sperry's work showed that the two hemispheres of the brain have different functions, and that the corpus callosum, a large bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres, plays an important role in communication between them.
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