1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared)

The 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Roger W. Sperry, David H. Hubel, and Torsten N. Wiesel for groundbreaking discoveries about how the brain processes visual information. Sperry's work revealed how the brain's hemispheres specialize in different functions, particularly in how they split visual tasks. Hubel and Wiesel uncovered how nerve cells in the visual system respond to specific visual stimuli like edges and angles. Their research provided fundamental insights into how the brain develops and interprets visual signals, advancing our understanding of perception and neural organization.