The Case of H.M. A Life Without Memories

Authors

  • José Carlos Dávila Spain

Keywords:

Henry Gustav Molaison, memory

Abstract

On a Tuesday in December 2008, at 5 in the afternoon, Henry Gustav Molaison — better known by his initials H.M. — died of respiratory failure in a nursing home in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. 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 years old. One of the most famous patients in the history of neuroscience had disappeared

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Published

2009-10-20

How to Cite

Dávila , J. C. (2009). The Case of H.M. A Life Without Memories. Encuentros En La Biología, 2(125), 47–48. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18537