"The Ferrier Lecture is a Royal Society lectureship given every three years \"on a subject related to the advancement of natural knowledge on the structure and function of the nervous system\". It was created in 1928 to honour the memory of Sir David Ferrier, a neurologist who was the first British scientist to electronically stimulate the brain for the purpose of scientific study.In its 81-year history, the Lecture has been given 27 times."@en .