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Also Known As Torsten Nils Wiesel
Born June 3, 1924 (age 102) • Uppsala • Sweden
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (2005) • Nobel Prize (1981)
Subjects Of Study brain • cerebrum • nervous system • visual cortex
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