How Good is Your Memory?
The curious case of a man who lost his memory, but could still learn things. Follow me on Snapchat! Username: nessyhill ↓ MORE LINKS BELOW ↓ SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! Click here: http://ow.ly/...
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I’m going to show you a series of numbers, and you need to recall them when I ask. Ready? 6,3,4,7,1,5,2. This is a picture of my dog, who in my opinion is ridiculously good looking. Do you remember the series of numbers? If you got all 7, in the right order, your working memory is, well, working. But there’s someone who would have trouble repeating those numbers. He’s renowned for having a terrible memory. This is Henry Molaison, also known as Patient H.M., one of the most famous patients in brain science. As a child, H.M. hit his head and began having seizures. They became worse and worse as he got older. When he was 27, H.M. had surgery and the part of his temporal lobe that included his hippocampus was sucked out of his head. It was the ea...
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I’m going to show you a series of numbers, and you need to recall them when I ask. Ready? 6,3,4,7,1,5,2. This is a picture of my dog, who in my opinion is ridiculously good looking. Do you remember the series of numbers? If you got all 7, in the right order, your working memory is, well, working. But there’s someone who would have trouble repeating those numbers. He’s renowned for having a terrible memory. This is Henry Molaison, also known as Patient H.M., one of the most famous patients in brain science. As a child, H.M. hit his head and began having seizures. They became worse and worse as he got older. When he was 27, H.M. had surgery and the part of his temporal lobe that included his hippocampus was sucked out of his head. It was the ea...
