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Torsten Wiesel

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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 he.

About Torsten Wiesel

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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Quotes by Torsten Wiesel

The eye and brain are not like a fax machine, nor are there little people looking at the images coming in.

Brain

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Innate mechanisms endow the visual system with highly specific connections, but visual experience early in life is necessary for their maintenance and…

Early

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Oh, no, I was afraid of that! I'd better go and hide.

Fear

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It takes a long time for a country to build a strong base in science, but only a short time to destroy…

Long

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Science is not an intelligence test. Intuition is important, knowing what kind of questions to ask. The other thing is a passion…

Important

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In the early Sixties, having begun to describe the physiology of cells in the adult cat visual cortex, David Hubel and I…

Cat

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After forty years in the lab, I was asked in 1991 to become president of The Rockefeller University. Unlike a working scientist,…

Forty

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In 1983, I became the Vincent and Brook Astor Professor at The Rockefeller University, where I established a new Laboratory of Neurobiology…

Collaboration

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I cannot think of a greater symbol of human resistance and courage than our Nobel laureate colleague Andrei Sakharov.

Cannot

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Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs.

Art

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