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Brenda Milner
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Canada-based British neuroscientist and neuropsychologist
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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