December 5, 2008

H.M. dies after 55 years of living in the moment

Henry Gustav Molaison, the amnesiac known publicly only as H.M., died on Tuesday at age 82. Molaison's inability to create new memories since a brain surgery 55 years ago has greatly contributed to our understanding of how memory works.

Posted by bug to Science at December 5, 2008 3:24 PM | TrackBack
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