Torsten N. Wiesel
Nobel Lecture
The Postnatal Development of the Visual Cortex and the Influence of Environment
Torsten N. Wiesel held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1981, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor David Ottoson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
The Postnatal Development of the Visual Cortex and the Influence of Environment
Torsten N. Wiesel held his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1981, at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. He was presented by Professor David Ottoson, Member of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
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