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Brenda Milner, pioneer of cognitive neuroscience
Brenda Milner, PhD’52, DSc’91, began work at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) in 1950 as a graduate student.
By bridging neurology and psychology, Milner pioneered an entirely new scientific discipline – cognitive neuroscience.