Editing Brenda Milner (section)

==Recent research==
[[File:Brenda Milner 2014.jpg|thumb|Brenda Milner in 2014]]
In more recent times, Milner has expanded her research to the study of brain activity in normal subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging ([[fMRI]]) and [[positron emission tomography]] (PET).<ref name="chrcrm">{{cite web |url=http://www.chrcrm.org/en/rotm/dr-brenda-milner |title=Dr. Brenda Milner |publisher=Canadians for Health Research |date=June 2005 |access-date=May 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008170303/http://www.chrcrm.org/en/rotm/dr-brenda-milner |archive-date=October 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> These studies focus on the identification of brain regions associated with [[spatial memory]] and language, including the neural substrates of monolingual and [[bilingualism|bilingual]] speech processing.<ref name="chrcrm"/> In another series of PET studies, she has sought to delineate further the role of the right hippocampal region in memory for the spatial location of objects.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Milner |first1=B. |last2=Johnsrude |first2=I. |last3=Crane |first3=J. |title=Right medial temporal-lobe contribution to object-location memory.|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences|year=1997|volume=352|issue=1360|pages=1469–1474|doi=10.1098/rstb.1997.0133|pmid=9368935|pmc=1692061|bibcode=1997RSPTB.352.1469M}}</ref>

Milner kept some involvement in teaching and researching past her 100th birthday.<ref name="cbc.ca">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/trailblazing-montreal-neuroscientist-brenda-milner-turns-100-1.4743054|title=As she turns 100, 'there's no stopping' trailblazing Montreal neuroscientist Brenda Milner - CBC News|website=Cbc.ca|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Still Charting Memory's Depths |first=Claudia |last=Dreifus |date=20 May 2013 |journal=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/science/still-charting-memorys-depths.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Brenda Milner, Eminent Brain Scientist, Is 'Still Nosy' at 98 |first=Benedict |last=Carey |date=15 May 2017 |journal=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/science/brenda-milner-brain-cognitive-neuroscience.html |quote=People think because I'm 98 years old I must be emerita. Well, not at all. I'm still nosy, you know, curious.}}</ref> She is the [[Dorothy J. Killam]] Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and a professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University.<ref name="chrcrm"/> One of Milner's current collaborators is [[Denise Klein]], an assistant professor in the Neurology/Cognitive Neuroscience unit at McGill.<ref name="Great">[http://www.psych.ualberta.ca/GCPWS/index.html The Great Canadian Psychologist Website.] (2008).</ref> Their research on bilingualism entails investigating the difference in neural pathways used to acquire new and native languages.<ref name="Great"/>

In 2018, Milner celebrated her 100th birthday in Montreal with about 30 friends, including fellow researcher Denise Klein.<ref name="cbc.ca"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad/news/meet-the-brainy-montrealer-who-at-100-is-still-going-to-work-1.4116011|title=Meet the brainy Montrealer who, at 100, is still going to work|first=Bell|last=Média|website=Iheartradio.ca|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> Although she never expected to reach this age, Milner stated that she has "every intention of continuing for many more birthdays."<ref name="cbc.ca"/> The Montreal Neurological Institute held a symposium in September 2018, celebrating her accomplishments.<ref name="view.joomag.com">{{cite news|url=https://view.joomag.com/montr%C3%A9al-ensant%C3%A9-mes-v10n3-%C3%89t%C3%A9-summer-2018/0407331001528817052?e=1&page=1&embedInfo=;|title=Montréal enSanté MES V10N3 Été/Summer 2018|website=View.joomag.com|access-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> That same year, Milner participated in a video series, launched by the Montreal Neurological Institute, dedicated to promoting female scientists and researchers.<ref>[https://mcgill.ca/neuro/news/neuro-xxceptional-women] xxceptional-women, McGill University</ref><ref name="view.joomag.com"/><ref name="youtube.com">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhfNtyL_Cj0], youtube.com</ref> During the interview, Milner spoke about her early life and gave an overview of her career.<ref name="youtube.com"/>