Terence Picton

Terence "Terry" W. Picton is a Canadian Professor Emeritus of neuroscience at the University of Toronto.

Early life and career

Terence Picton was born in England in 1945 and spent the first 11 years of his life in Ipswich in East Anglia. In 1956 he emigrated to Canada on the SS Homeric. There, from the immigration office at the Quebec City he travelled via train to Toronto. After graduating from high school he attended University of Toronto where he played rugby and studied medicine,[1] graduating in 1967 with an M.D. degree.[2]

Eventually, after a long canoe trip on George River in Northern Quebec, Picton had decided to become a Canadian citizen. He pursued a medical internship in Vancouver where he became known as the "hippie doctor" due to his beard and long hair.[1] He then studied neuroscience with Robert Galambos at the University of California, San Diego from which he got a Ph.D. in 1973.[2]

A year later, he returned to Canada and joined the Department of Medicine in Ottawa, where he specialized in EEG, EMG, and event-related potentials. In 1994 he accepted a full-time position at the Rotman Research Institute, at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto. Three years later, he became Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair of cognitive neuroscience[1] and in 2006 became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3]

Works
  • 2010 – Human Auditory Evoked Potentials
  • 2013 – Creature and Creator

References
  1. "Biography". Official Book Site. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. "Interview with Terence Picton M.D., Ph.D., Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Toronto and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care". Audiology Online. April 18, 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. "By the Numbers" (PDF). 2010. p. 12.
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