Editing Brenda Milner (section)

{{short description|British-Canadian neuroscientist and neuropsychologist (born 1918)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Brenda Milner
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|GOQ|FRS|FRSC|size=100%}}
| image             = Brenda_Milner.jpg
| caption           = Milner at [[TEDxMcGill]] in 2011
| birth_name        = Brenda Langford
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1918|7|15|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Manchester]], England
| nationality       = 
| death_date        = 
| death_place       = 
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Peter Milner]]|1944|2 June 2018|end=died}}
| field             = [[Neuropsychology]]
| work_institution  = [[McGill University]], [[Montreal Neurological Institute]]
| alma_mater        = [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]<br />[[McGill University]]
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Donald Olding Hebb]]
| thesis_title      = Intellectual effects of temporal-lobe damage in man
| thesis_year       = 1952
| thesis_url        = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891398626
| doctoral_students = {{Plainlist|
*[[Suzanne Corkin]]
*[[Ingrid Johnsrude]]
*[[Doreen Kimura]]
}}
| known_for         = Study of [[memory]] and [[cognition]]; Work with patient [[Henry Molaison|H.M.]]
| prizes            = {{Plainlist|
* Companion of the [[Order of Canada]]
* [[Karl Spencer Lashley Award]] {{small|(1979)}}
* [[NAS Award in the Neurosciences]] {{small|(2004)}}
* [[Gairdner Foundation International Award|Gairdner Award]] {{small|(2005)}}
* [[Balzan Prize]] for Cognitive Neurosciences {{small|(2009)}}
* [[Kavli Prize]] in Neuroscience {{small|(2014)}}
}}
}}
{{Neuropsychology}}

'''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]].<ref>Birchard, Karen (November 6, 2011) [http://chronicle.com/article/NosyObservant-a/129649/?sid=at "'Nosy' and Observant, a Neuroscientist Continues Her Memorable Career at 93"], ''Chronicle of Higher Education''</ref><ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia">{{cite web |title=Brenda Milner |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/brenda-milner |website=Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> Milner is a professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at [[McGill University]] and a professor of Psychology at the [[Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital|Montreal Neurological Institute]].<ref name="Milner Wins">[http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/switzerland-suisse/eyes_abroad-coupdoeil/PrixBalzanPrize-BrendaMilner-April2010.aspx?lang=eng&view=d Brenda Milner Wins Balzan Prize for Cognitive Neurosciences]. (2011). Government of Canada. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224112231/http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/switzerland-suisse/eyes_abroad-coupdoeil/PrixBalzanPrize-BrendaMilner-April2010.aspx|date=2010-12-24}}</ref> {{As of|2020}}, she holds more than 25 honorary degrees and she continued to work in her nineties.<ref name="Canadian Encyclopedia"/> Her work covers many aspects of neuropsychology including her lifelong interest in the involvement of the temporal lobes in episodic memory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brenda Milner: List of Publications|url=https://neurotree.org/beta/publications.php?pid=347|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123053020/https://neurotree.org/beta/publications.php?pid=347 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 }}</ref> She is sometimes referred to as one of the founders of neuropsychology<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.genengnews.com/insight-and-intelligence/science-legend-dr-brenda-milner/77900405/|title=Science Legend Dr. Brenda Milner|last=Perdue|first=Mitzi|date=15 April 2015|work=[[Gen. Eng. Biotechnol. News|Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News]]|issue=8|volume=35|pages=6&ndash;7|type=Paper}}</ref><ref name="medical news">{{cite web|date=May 26, 2011|title=Pioneering Memory Researcher Brenda Milner To Receive Pearl Meister Greengard Prize|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/226617.php|access-date=May 14, 2013|publisher=Medical News Today}}</ref> 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 (neuroscientist)|John O'Keefe]], and [[Marcus Raichle|Marcus E. Raichle]], in 2014. She [[centenarian|turned 100]] in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/life/health/pioneering-neuropsychologist-brenda-milner-turns/article_b68c57ec-87bb-11e8-b1ff-875bc74f283d.html|title=Pioneering neuropsychologist Brenda Milner turns 100|website=Thesuburban.com|date=July 15, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref>