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David Hubel, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1981

David Hubel in 1992. DHUBEL · Joey cantod · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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David Hubel, born in Windsor, Ontario, in 1926, shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Torsten Wiesel for discoveries about how the visual system processes information.

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The 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine as recorded by NobelPrize.org.

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David H. Hubel – Facts - NobelPrize.org ↗

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