Short Communication
Brenda Milner: 100 Years from the Birthday
1Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
2Saint Petersburg, Akademika, Russia
3Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Russia
4Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University, Russia
Received Date: January 21, 2019; Published Date: May 23, 2019
Abstract
Brenda Milner is a renowned British-Canadian neuropsychologist known as “the founder of neuropsychology”. She was born about 100 years ago, and as a Cambridge graduate, she started her research career of a neurobiologist and psychologist in 1940s. Her comprehensive contribution to the development of clinical neuropsychology thereafter was marked by several awards including the Balzan Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience in 2009 and the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience in 2014 (shared with Marcus Raichle and John O’Keefe), as well as memberships in the Royal Society of London, the Royal Society of Canada and the National Academy of Sciences. She holds more than 20 honorary degrees at universities across Europe, Canada and the USA.
