MEM-001Memory & identity
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MEM-001 / 8 MIN

The man who could not make tomorrow

1953. A 27-year-old man undergoes experimental bilateral surgery for severe, drug-resistant epilepsy. The seizures improve, but an unexpected and highly selective change follows.

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish declarative from procedural learning
  • Relate medial temporal structures to memory formation
  • Avoid the myth of a single memory center