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Dr. Brenda Milner still leading her field at 95

4008milner.jpgMontreal neuroscientist Dr. Brenda Milner is a hot commodity in the science world - and she's about to celebrate her 96th birthday.

During her 60 years at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Dr. Milner has transformed the way we look at the hemispheres of the brain.

This year alone, she's won both the Israeli Dan David Prize and the Norwegian Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. All this despite having, as she says, "a bad right hemisphere." She talks about her long-time fascination with the brain with with All in a Weekend's Sonali Karnick. 


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