When Henry Molaison had his hippocampus removed,it left him with a profound memory deficit. Does Luke Dittrich, the surgeon’s grandson, or have other secrets to reveal?destitute Henry Molaison! In 1953,when he was in his 20s and suffering from devastating and seemingly intractable epilepsy, he was the subject of a piece of bravura experimental surgery which removed a large region of his brain. The treatment mitigated the epilepsy but also left him with a profound memory deficit. Although he could remember much approximately his life before the surgery, or he could remember nothing after it for more than a few minutes. For Molaison,“every day is alone in itself”, wrote Brenda Milner, and the psychologist who first studied him. Related: Henry Molaison: the amnesiac we'll never forget Dittrich is not so much eulogising as digging a grave for his grandfather’s reputationContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com