Man with No Memory - The Accident
- Podcast Episode
- 2021
- 41m
Even as recently as the early 1950s, we didn't understand that there were different types of memory, or how the brain processed and stored memories. Then, in 1953, a radical surgery by a rec... Read allEven as recently as the early 1950s, we didn't understand that there were different types of memory, or how the brain processed and stored memories. Then, in 1953, a radical surgery by a reckless doctor gave us tremendous insights into how human memory works. Those scientific gai... Read allEven as recently as the early 1950s, we didn't understand that there were different types of memory, or how the brain processed and stored memories. Then, in 1953, a radical surgery by a reckless doctor gave us tremendous insights into how human memory works. Those scientific gains came at a terrible cost, however. The surgery left the patient, Henry Molaison, a profo... Read all