Harry G. Sperling

Harry G. Sperling
Born(1924-08-26)August 26, 1924
DiedJuly 29, 2023(2023-07-29) (aged 98)
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Awards
  • Award of Merit in Retina Research (1982)
  • International Color Vision Society Verriest Medal (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsExperimental psychology, Neuroscience
Institutions
Thesis Some comparisons among spectral sensitivity data obtained in different retinal locations and with two sizes of foveal stimulus  (1953)
Doctoral advisorClarence Graham
Notable studentsRobert E. Marc

Harry George Sperling (August 26, 1924 – July 29, 2023) was an American psychologist. He worked on the visual perception of colour and the physiological basis of colour vision in humans and monkeys. Sperling took a systems approach to understand how colour is processed in the retina. He applied his basic research to characterization of colour blindness and to intense light effects.