One influential person to the study of memory is “the man who couldn’t remember,” Henry Gustav Molaison, a man known as H.M., a young boy who had severe seizures. Because of the persistent teasing from his classmates, H.M. transferred to a different school. After graduation, H.M. began to work, but because of his relentless seizures, work became too dangerous and forced him to live at home where his parents could watch him. H.M. was given anti-epileptic drugs, but they did not help.
H.M. met with William Beecher Scoville who tried to isolate where H.M.’s seizures were occurring in the brain. Sadly, Scoville could not determine their location, so he wanted to perform an experimental surgery on H.M. When H.M. was 27 years old, he underwent a
H.M. met with William Beecher Scoville who tried to isolate where H.M.’s seizures were occurring in the brain. Sadly, Scoville could not determine their location, so he wanted to perform an experimental surgery on H.M. When H.M. was 27 years old, he underwent a