Complete the sentence about Georg von Békésy with the correct year: In ______, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the function of the cochlea in the mammalian hearing organ.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. 1961

In 1961 Békésy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the function of the cochlea in the mammalian ear. He had studied how different nerve fibres lead from the cochlea to the brain.

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