Editing Brenda Milner (section)

==Awards and honours==
Milner has received numerous awards for her contributions to neuroscience and psychology including Fellowships in the [[Royal Society of London]], the [[Royal Society of Canada]] and membership of the  [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="chrcrm"/> In total, she has been awarded honorary degrees from more than 20 different universities across Canada, Europe, and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/about/notable-figures/brenda-milner/awards-and-honours|title=Awards & Honours of Brenda Milner|website=Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital: About|publisher=[[Montreal Neurological Institute| Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital]]|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>

Early on, Milner was awarded a Sarah Smithson Research Studentship by Newnham College, Cambridge after her graduation, which allowed her to continue her work at Newnham College.<ref name="Distinguished"/> In 1984 Milner was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and was promoted to Companion in 2004. In 1987, she was awarded the [[Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience]]. She was also awarded the [[NAS Award in the Neurosciences|National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences]] in 2004 for her seminal investigations of the role of the temporal lobes and other brain regions in learning, memory, and language.<ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/neurosciences.html Nas Award in the Neurosciences.] (2012).</ref> In 1985, she was made an Officer of the [[National Order of Quebec]] and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2009.<ref name=":5" /> She was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2007.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter M|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterM.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Balzan Prize]] for her contributions to Cognitive Neurosciences in a ceremony held in the Swiss Parliament in December 2009.<ref name="Milner Wins"/>

Milner was awarded the [[Kavli Prize]] in Neuroscience in 2014.<ref name=":0" /> Other awards and recognition include: Election to the National Academy of Sciences (1976), the [[Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease]] (1996), election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005), the [[Dan David Prize]] (2014), the {{lang|fr|Prix Hommage du 50e anniversaire|italics=no}} from the {{lang|fr|Ordre des psychologues du Québec|italics=no}} (2014), induction into the [[Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame]] (2012), recipient of a medal of honour from the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] (2018),<ref name="cbc.ca"/> [[Pearl Meister Greengard Prize]] (2011), the Norman A. Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award (2010), the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience by NARSAD (2009), the NSERC Medal of Excellence (2009 and 2010), the [[Gairdner Foundation International Award]] (2005), the [[Prix Wilder-Penfield]] (Prix du Québec) (1993), and election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.