'I Smell Burnt Toast': Mapping the Human Brain

Dr. Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon at McGill University, changed our understanding of the human brain. By electrically stimulating the brains of conscious patients during surgery (who reported sensations like smelling burnt toast), he created functional maps of the brain's cortices. His 'Montreal Procedure' for treating epilepsy is still used today. #Canada #Neuroscience #McGill #MedicalHistory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Penfield

🧠🌲 Researchers from #McGill University reviewed over 100 brain-imaging studies to explain how natural patterns like #fractals ease sensory load and quiet the amygdala.

This process shifts the #brain out of fight-or-flight mode and restores task-driven attention that is often fatigued by digital screens.

👉 https://theconversation.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-in-nature-the-neuroscience-explained-277332

#neuroscience #health #nature #biology #wellness #science #mentalhealth #learning

#Montreal ice storm: What will be closed & disrupted

#REM to de-ice in AM.

“All public Montreal-area elementary and high schools will be closed Wednesday, the 20 English-language school boards and French-language school service centres announced on Tuesday.

Concordia, UdeM & #McGill will be closed, though other post-secondary institutions had not yet made decisions.”

#QCStorm

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-ice-storm-what-will-be-open-closed-and-disrupted-wednesday

'I Smell Burnt Toast': Mapping the Human Brain

Dr. Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon at McGill University, changed our understanding of the human brain. By electrically stimulating the brains of conscious patients during surgery (who reported sensations like smelling burnt toast), he created functional maps of the brain's cortices. His 'Montreal Procedure' for treating epilepsy is still used today. #Canada #Neuroscience #McGill #MedicalHistory 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Penfield