David H. Hubel

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine human neurophysiologist neuroscientist

David H. Hubel was a pioneering neurophysiologist best known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the visual cortex and the neural basis of vision.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
human ⓘ
neurophysiologist ⓘ
neuroscientist ⓘ
academicDegree MD ⓘ
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ
Karl Spencer Lashley Award ⓘ
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
coAuthor Torsten N. Wiesel ⓘ
collaboratedWith Torsten N. Wiesel ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-02-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-09-22 ⓘ
educatedAt McGill University ⓘ
employer Harvard Medical School ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
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fieldOfWork neurophysiology ⓘ
neuroscience ⓘ
visual neuroscience ⓘ
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givenName David ⓘ
knownFor discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system ⓘ
research on critical periods in visual development ⓘ
research on the visual cortex ⓘ
studies of orientation selectivity in visual neurons ⓘ
work on ocular dominance columns ⓘ
work on receptive fields in the visual cortex ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system ⓘ
NobelPrizeSharedWith Roger W. Sperry ⓘ
Torsten N. Wiesel ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1981 ⓘ
notableWork “Eye, Brain, and Vision” ⓘ
placeOfBirth Windsor, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
placeOfDeath Lincoln, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States of America
positionHeld Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School ⓘ
researchSubject primary visual cortex (V1) ⓘ
visual cortex of the cat ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
workInstitution Harvard Medical School ⓘ
Massachusetts General Hospital ⓘ

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