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Amnesia Victim Henry Molaison, Longtime Area Resident, Subject of New Book
Molaison, who died in 2008, is considered "one of the most important case studies in the history of brain science."
For 28 years Henry Molaison lived a fairly anonymous life in a Windsor Locks nursing home. Only a few people knew that he was the infamous "H.M.," the man who lost the ability to form new memories of longer than 30 seconds because of a botched brain surgery.Â
Molaison, long-studied by the medical community, became known to the rest of the world when he died in 2008 and his identity was finally made public. Now, Molaison is about to become even more famous with the publication of a new book about his incredible story: "Permanent Present Tense".
Author Suzanne Corkin said she studied Molaison -Â who was born in Manchester and spent his later life in Windsor Locks -Â from 1962 until his death.He is considered "one of the most important case studies in the history of brain science," according to an NPR article.
"Henry taught us so much about the brain," Corkin told the Courant. "He taught us that not all kinds of learning memory was impaired in amnesia."Â
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