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Michael Petrides and the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada honours nine McGill researchers from Medicine, Law and ArtsPosted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
McGill ReporterBy Tamarah Feder
"The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced 78 new Fellows this week, including nine McGill researchers and scholars from the faculties of Medicine, Law and Arts. They join the over 100 current McGill-affiliated Fellows."
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Michael Petrides (Neuropsychology/Cognitive Neuroscience Unit) has provided us with new ways to conceptualize the role of the prefrontal cortex in cognitive processing and one of the most influential models of the anatomo-fuctional organization of the lateral frontal cortex. His discovery of the cytoarchitectonic homologue of Broca’s language are in the monkey is having a major impact on conceptions of the evolution of language circuitry in the primate brain."
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Dr. Brenda Milner
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Upcoming Event: The Resilient Brain (london, 22nd September, 2011)
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Drs. Brenda Milner And Endel Tulving Honored
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