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MacKay, Donald G.
Cognition.
Memory.
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Remembering
:
what
50
years
of
research
with
famous
amnesia
patient
H
.M.
can
teach
us
about
memory
and
how
it
works
/ Donald G. MacKay.
by
MacKay, Donald G.
Prometheus Books, 2019.
Call #:
153.12 M153r
Subjects
Cognition.
Memory
.
ISBN:
9781633884076 (hc.)
Description:
400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-375) and index.
Summary:
"The psychologist who worked with a
famous
amnesiac
patient
for fifty
years
explains
what
his studies show
about
how
memory
functions and ways to keep the brain sharp. An ordinary man became
famous
by devoting his life to helping scientists understand his
memory
, mind, and brain, trusting in the promise that
what
they learned
about
him would "help others." His name was Henry Moliason, but until recently, the general public knew him only as
H
.M. At age twenty-seven, Henry underwent brain surgery to remedy life-threatening epilepsy. This operation inadvertently destroyed his hippocampus, the engine in the brain for forming new memories. Henry suffered catastrophic
memory
failures for the rest of his life and he became the most studied
amnesia
patient
in the history of the world. Dr. Donald MacKay worked with Henry for fifty
years
. MacKay's
research
shows
how
to keep memories sharp at any age and
how
to offset the degradation that aging and infrequent use inflict on
memory
. His studies also reveal the profound importance of
memory
:
Memory
decline impacts everything that makes a normal human mind and brain worth having: creative expression, artistic endeavors, awareness, the ability to plan, to comprehend, to detect and correct errors, to appreciate humor, to imagine hypothetical situations, and to perceive novelty in the world.
Remembering
summarizes other results of the revolution in scientific understanding of mind and
memory
that began with Henry. Importantly, it makes good on the promise that
research
with Henry would "help others" by focusing on
what
readers wishing to maintain the everyday functioning of
memory
, mind, and brain (their own or others')
can
learn from the still ongoing revolution that Henry inspired."--From publisher.
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