| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 364 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Insert Figures -- Prologue: The Man Behind the Initials -- 1. Prelude to Tragedy -- 2. "A Frankly Experimental Operation" -- 3. Penfield and Milner -- 4. Thirty Seconds -- 5. Memories Are Made of This -- 6. "An Argument with Myself" -- 7. Encode, Store, Retrieve -- 8. Memory without Remembering I: Motor-skill Learning -- 9. Memory without Remembering II: Classical Conditioning, Preceptual Learning, and Priming -- 10. Henry's Universe -- 11. Knowing Facts -- 12. Rising Fame and Declining Health -- 13. Henry's Legacy -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
"The ... story of H.M., a brain-damaged amnesic whose case dramatically expanded the frontiers of neuroscience. H.M.'s true identity was only made public following his death in December 2008, and now neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin, who worked closely with H.M for nearly fifty years, tells the full story of his life and legacy--a story that encompasses many of the recent breakthroughs in the study of the brain, and which vividly reveals the neurological processes that make us human"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
H. M., 1926-2008. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013005744
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H. M., 1926-2008 fast |
| Subject |
Amnesiacs -- Biography
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Epilepsy -- Surgery -- United States -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Neuroscience.
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SCIENCE -- History.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
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Amnesiacs
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Epilepsy -- Surgery
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013002391 |
| ISBN |
9780465033492 |
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0465033490 |
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