| Stephen Polyak | |
| Birth Name: | Stjepan Lucian Poljak |
| Birth Date: | December 13, 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Đurđevac, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia) |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Fields: | Anatomy, neurology |
| Workplaces: | University Hospital Centre Zagreb University of California, Berkeley University of Chicago |
| Alma Mater: | University of Zagreb University of Graz Odessa University |
| Academic Advisors: | Santiago Ramón y Cajal Karl Lashley Grafton Elliot Smith |
| Known For: | work on retina and visual system |
Stephen Polyak (born Stjepan Lucian Poljak; December 13, 1889 – March 9, 1955)[1] was an American neuroanatomist and neurologist considered to be one of the most prominent neuroanatomists of the 20th century.[2] [3]
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.[4]