Wilder Graves Penfield Quiz

What central question drove Wilder Graves Penfield throughout his career?

• How can the human brain be mapped using compasses and canoes?

• Can the mind - thinking, reasoning, imagination - be explained by the functions of the brain?

• How can diseases such as epilepsy be completely cured?

• What is the role of electrical currents in brain mapping?

Which university did Wilder Graves Penfield attend for his bachelor's degree?

• Johns Hopkins University

• Merton College at Oxford

• Harvard University

• University of Washington

Who was Wilder Graves Penfield's mentor at Johns Hopkins University?

• Sir William Osler

• Professor Conklin

• Sir Charles Sherrington

• Harvey Cushing

What was the "only certain virtue" that Wilder Graves Penfield believed he had from birth?

• A talent for surgery

• An enthusiasm for biology

• Tenacity of purpose

• A stable financial and emotional childhood

What did Sir Charles Sherrington contribute to Wilder Graves Penfield's career?

• He assisted him in arranging his medical studies

• He influenced his understanding of integrated nervous functions

• He provided him with a surgical internship

• He doubted the simplistic way of understanding the human mind

Where did Wilder Penfield return to work after rejecting a lucrative position as a surgeon at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit?

• National Hospital at Queen Square in London

• Columbia University Hospital

• McGill University in Montreal

• The New York Neurological Institute

What was the special interest that Wilder Penfield developed which influenced his career path?

• Neurosurgery

• Epilepsy

• Neurophysiology

• Brain tumors

Which surgical technique did Wilder Penfield develop that allowed patients to remain conscious during surgery?

• The Montreal Procedure

• The Foerster Method

• The Rio-Hortega Method

• The Sherrington Technique

In which year did Wilder Penfield start his research with the Madrid neuro-histologist Pio del Rio-Hortega?

• 1921

• 1924

• 1928

• 1934

What was the main goal of the institute that Wilder Penfield dreamed of organizing?

• To develop surgical techniques

• To study neurophysiology exclusively

• To integrate knowledge of the brain and its uses for treatments

• To focus on the study of brain tumors