Originally Posted by TheSquealer

You should read up on the original memory studies on Henry Mollison (sp?) "Patient H.M." - who had his hippocampus removed - if I recall it was with the mistaken belief it would relieve his seizures or something similar. He was studied for well over 30 years and could not form new memories. The doctor had to introduce himself every day for decades.



I was just telling my GF about this woman in Toronto and it occurred to me to go to her website. She has a fantastic story but only touches on about 20% of it in this video as to her impairments which were quite severe.





Yes, these conversations rely on a huge number of assumptions that often have no basis in fact and which are usually quite wrong.

Though I am fascinated with the brain and really enjoy stuff like the work of VS Ramachandran and similar doctors - my obsession for the last 2 years has been motor learning and the acquisition of skill and expertise with respect to complex skills - and applying what i learn daily in our training, where we've seen incredible success and unbelievable rates of progress.

I'm obsessed with it.