Ada Lovelace Day: Nature Research editors celebrate leaders in their fields – Part 2

You can read part 1 of this blog series here and read more about Ada Lovelace’s legacy here. Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, Associate Editor, Nature Communications Brenda Milner was 89 years old when I started my PhD at McGill University, and now, ten years later, she is still actively contributing to our understanding of how the human brain shapes cognition. This field, neuropsychology, became widely recognized mainly because of Brenda’s work with a patient known as HM. Due temporal lobe surgery (to cure his epilepsy), HM had lost the ability to convert short-term memories into long-term memories. Through her extensive work with him, Brenda identified neural structures that underlie different types of memories, explaining how – and why – learning and remembering a movement is different than remembering someone’s name. She attributes her success her ability to notice – and question – the behaviours she observes. This curiosity was infectious, transmitted to students and postdocs through both lectures and stories told over a beer after the annual neuropsychology holiday party. Through her energy and dedication, she has shaped neuropsychology and neuropsychologists alike. In 2014 she was awarded the Kavli prize in neuroscience. You can read coverage of the announcement by Nature Reviews Neuroscience here. Anna Armstrong, Senior Editor, Nature As the founder of the Global Protected Area Friendly System, conservation ecologist Yan Xie is spearheading a movemen...
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