Wilder Penfield

1891 - 1976

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

cetățenie: Canada

limbă maternă: limba engleză

limbi vorbite sau scrise: limba engleză

educat la: Universitatea Princeton, Merton College, Școala de medicină Johns Hopkins

ocupație: chirurg, neurobiolog, neurochirurg, cadru didactic universitar, neurolog

onoruri: Ordinul de Merit, Ordinul Sf. Mihail și Sf. Gheorghe în grad de companion, Ordinul Canadei în grad de Companion, Flavelle Medal, Lister Medal, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, Otfrid Foerster Medal, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, Membru al Academiei Americane de Arte și Științe, Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa, honorary doctorate from the McGill University, Rhodes Scholarship, honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia, Membru al Societății Regale, Bursă Guggenheim

elev al: Harvey Williams Cushing

Wilder Graves Penfield (January 26, 1891 – April 5, 1976) was an American-Canadian neurosurgeon. He expanded brain surgery's methods and techniques, including mapping the functions of various regions of the brain such as the cortical homunculus. His scientific contributions on neural stimulation expand across a variety of topics including hallucinations, illusions, dissociation and déjà vu. Penfield devoted much of his thinking to mental processes, including contemplation of whether there was any scientific basis for the existence of the human soul. Source: Wikipedia (en)