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Brenda Milner
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Canada-based British neuroscientist and neuropsychologist
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Brenda Milner is a female neuroscientist, psychologist, and university teacher born in Manchester in 1918. She holds citizenship in Canada and the United Kingdom and resides in Montreal. Her field of work is neuropsychology, an area she has also studied as an interested subject. She was educated at McGill University and Newnham College, where her doctoral advisor was Donald O. Hebb.
Milner has been employed by McGill University and is a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Society of Canada. Her awards include the Fellow of the Royal Society, the Balzan Prize, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and the NAS Award in the Neurosciences. She is recognized as a centenarian.
Her notable works include *Memory*, *Hemispheric specialization and interaction*, and *Brain Function and Cognition*. She speaks English and has authored three works listed by Open Library, with five works indexed by Crossref.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Memory
- Hemispheric specialization and interaction
- Brain Function and Cognition
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Key facts
- Born
- Brenda Langford , ( 1918-07-15 ) 15 July 1918 (age 107) , Manchester , England
- Alma mater
- Newnham College, Cambridge , McGill University
- Known for
- Study of memory and cognition ; Work with patient H.M.
- Spouse
- Peter Milner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; died 2 June 2018</span>"}]]}'>2018 )
- Awards
- Companion of the Order of Canada Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1979) NAS Award in the Neurosciences (2004) Gairdner Award (2005) Balzan Prize for Cognitive Neurosciences (2009) Kavli Prize in Neuroscience (2014)
- Fields
- Neuropsychology
- Institutions
- McGill University , Montreal Neurological Institute
- Thesis
- Intellectual effects of temporal-lobe damage in man (1952)
- Doctoral advisor
- Donald Olding Hebb
- Doctoral students
- Suzanne Corkin Ingrid Johnsrude Doreen Kimura
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brenda
- Family name
- Milner
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- McGill University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Donald O. Hebb
- Field of work
- neuropsychology
- Image
- Brenda Milner.jpg
- Residence
- Montreal
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- member of
- Royal Society of Canada
- date of birth
- 1918-07-15
- Commons category
- Brenda Milner
- name in native language
- Brenda Milner
- subject has role
- centenarian
- interested in
- neuropsychology
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Encyclopedic overview
Brenda Milner (née Langford; born 15 July 1918) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. Milner is a professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and a professor of Psychology at the Montreal Neurological Institute. As of 2020, she holds more than 25 honorary degrees and she continued to work in her nineties. Her work covers many aspects of neuropsychology including her lifelong interest in the involvement of the temporal lobes in episodic memory. She is sometimes referred to as one of the founders of neuropsychology and has been essential in its development. She received the Balzan Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience in 2009, and the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, together with John O'Keefe, and Marcus E. Raichle, in 2014. She turned 100 in July 2018.
Early life and education
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