Pop Culture References
Wilder Penfield was the subject of a memorable Heritage Minute, dramatizing his development of the Montreal procedure. His epileptic patient's cry when he stimulates the seizure-producing part of her brain ("I can smell burnt toast!") is famous.
In science fiction author Philip K. Dick's masterpiece Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, characters use a household device called a Penfield Mood Organ to dial up emotions on demand.
Author J.G. Ballard's novel Super-Cannes has a main character who is a manipulative psychiatrist named Wilder Penrose.
Shirow Masamune's anime series Ghost Hound makes several references to Dr. Penfield and his studies.
Dead Sea Apes, a Manchester, UK based psychedelic rock band have a song entitled Wilder Penfield, from Volume 1 of their collaboration with Black Tempest, to be released in December 2012 on Cardinal Fuzz records.
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