FiB 33: Dr. Milner's Explorations into the Human Mind

Dr. Brenda Milner describes the experiments that led to a revolution in modern neuroscience...

Host: Marc Pelletier
Guest Host: Dave Brodbeck

Guest: Dr. Brenda Milner; Dorothy J. Killam Professor of Psychology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA.

Throughout her 58 years at the Montreal Neurological Institute, Dr. Milner has explored the inner workings of the human mind, and helped define the structures that give us our exquisite memory and ability for leaning. Her groundbreaking work has influenced generations of psychologists and neuroscientists, and through her unbridled curiosity has revealed many facets to the human mind that were previously unknown.

Interesting links:

Gairdner Foundation
Gairdner News
Wikipedia

Our Audible Pick of the week: Starswarm by Dr. Jerry Pournelle. For your free audio book visit Audible.com/Biotech.

Transcripts to the shows are now available on the FiB Blog thanks to the kind folks at PodsinPrint

Thanks to Cachefly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

Also thanks to Will Hall for the great themes.