Eccles, Sir John

SIR JOHN ECCLES, professor emeritus of physiology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is a leading authority on nerve-impulse transmission. In 1963 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for his work in this field. His books include among others: TheHuman Psyche, Facing Reality: Philosophical Adventures by a Brain Scientist; The Understanding of the Brain, and The Human Mystery.