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Stephen Polyak

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Fields
  
Anatomy, neurology


Name
  
Stephen Polyak

Died
  
March 9, 1955(1955-03-09) (aged 66) Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Residence
  
Austro-Hungarian empire, United States of America

Institutions
  
University Hospital Centre Zagreb University of California, Berkeley University of Chicago

Alma mater
  
University of Zagreb University of Graz Odessa University

Academic advisors
  
Santiago Ramon y Cajal Charles Judson Herrick Karl Lashley Grafton Elliot Smith

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Stephen Polyak (born Stjepan Lucian Poljak; December 13, 1889 – March 9, 1955) was an American neuroanatomist and neurologist considered to be one of the most prominent neuroanatomists of the 20th century.

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Polyak studied the functional structure of the organs of sight and hearing, explaining the function of the retina and the cochlea, and visual and auditory pathways and centers. He also gave a new interpretation of the basic visual processes.

Selected publications

  • Polyak, S.L. (1941). "The Retina". The University of Chicago Press. 
  • S Polyak (1957). "The Vertebrate Visual System (Klüver H, ed)". The University of Chicago Press. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)

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    Stephen Polyak Wikipedia
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