Man with No Memory The Accident S55-E1

Even as recently as the early 1950s, we didn’t understand that there were different types of memory, or how the brain processed and stored memories. Then, in 1953, a radical surgery by a reckless doctor gave us tremendous insights into how human memory works. Those scientific gains came at a terrible cost, however. The surgery left the patient, Henry Molaison, a profound amnesiac -- completely incapable of forming new memories. This is his story. You can binge all episodes of American Innovations exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Man with No Memory The Accident S55-E1 is an episode from American Innovations by Audible.

This episode is 00:41:28 long.

This episode was published on Nov 11, 2021.

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