Open AccessThe study of patient henry Molaison and what it taught us over past 50 years: Contributions to neuroscience
Author(s) -
Bela Shah,
Raman Deep Pattanayak,
Rajesh Sagar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of mental health and human behaviour/journal of mental health and human behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-1897
pISSN - 0971-8990
DOI - 10.4103/0971-8990.153719
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , neuroscience , intractable epilepsy , psychology , cognitive science , human memory , section (typography) , neuroscientist , epilepsy , art , computer science , cognition , visual arts , operating system , myelin , oligodendrocyte , central nervous system
This section provides a historical perspective and contributions from one of the most studied patients in neuroscience, Henry Molaison (1926-2008), known as H.M during his life to protect his privacy. The peculiar memory deficits seen after an experimental operation for intractable epilepsy led to some critical discoveries pertaining to memory organization in human brain