About
A biologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his research into split-brain patients.
Before Fame
After getting his doctorate at the University of Chicago, he showed that much of the mammalian nervous system is hard-wired to carry out specific tasks.
Trivia
He worked with patients who underwent operations severing the communication channels between their brain hemispheres, showing each hemisphere controls different functions.
Family Life
He grew up on a farm in Hartford, Connecticut, where he first developed his abiding love of nature.
Associated With
Alfred Hershey was another winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his research on DNA.
