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David Hunter Hubel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
David Hunter Hubel , 1926-, American neurobiologist, b. Ont., Canada. In 1958, Hubel joined Torsten Wiesel at Johns Hopkins Univ., and the two relocated to Harvard in 1959. Their most famous studies were in the area of visual perception, with particular emphasis on the nerve impulses mediating between the retina and the brain. They observed that various nerve cells were responsible for different types of visual stimuli. In 1981, Hubel and Wiesel received a Nobel prize for their research in neurophysiology. Author not available, HUBEL, DAVID HUNTER. , The Columbia Encyclop... Read more
David (Hunter) Hubel
...Sperry for investigations of visual perception, one of their achievements being analysis of the flow of nerve impulses from the retina to the brain's sensory and motor centres. David (Hunter) Hubel David (Hunter) Hubel David (Hunter) Hubel Read more
Torsten Nils Wiesel
...at Johns Hopkins Univ., where he began his work with David Hunter Hubel . The two relocated their research operations to Harvard in 1959. Wiesel and Hubel noted that various forms of visual stimuli are handled... Read more

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