Henry G. Molaison (H.M.): On Learning and Memory

H. M., an Unfor­get­table Amne­si­ac, Dies at 82 — Obituary

- “On Tues­day evening at 5:05, Hen­ry Gus­tav Molai­son  known world­wide only as H. M., to pro­tect his pri­va­cy died of res­pi­ra­to­ry fail­ure at a nurs­ing home in Wind­sor Locks, Conn. His death was con­firmed by Suzanne Corkin, a neu­ro­sci­en­tist at the Mass­a­chu­setts Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy, who had worked close­ly with him for decades. Hen­ry Molai­son was 82.”

- “From the age of 27, when he embarked on a life as an object of inten­sive study, he lived with his par­ents, then with a rel­a­tive and final­ly in an insti­tu­tion. His amne­sia did not dam­age his intel­lect or rad­i­cal­ly change his per­son­al­i­ty. But he could not hold a job and lived, more so than any mys­tic, in the moment.”

- “The impli­ca­tions were enor­mous. Sci­en­tists saw that there were at least two sys­tems in the brain for cre­at­ing new memories.”

Full arti­cle on a fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry: H. M., an Unfor­get­table Amne­si­ac, Dies at 82 — Obituary

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