H.M., Dr. William Scoville, and Me: The Strange Intersection between My Life and Henry Molaison's

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What Is Mind? with William Gadea

William Gadea

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Consciousness is everything you’ve ever known, and the only thing you’ll ever know. It is highly unlikely that anyone else will be able to experience exactly what you experience; likewise, you will probably never be able to sample someone else’s mind directly. Because the topic of consciousness is so personal and so complex, and because scientists have confined means to study it, the field has attracted thinkers from many spheres, beyond neuroscience: philosophers, theologians, psychologists, physicists, evolutionary theorists, computer scientists, and others. This channel’s mission is to critically appreciate this wealth of ideas. Learn more about the channel's creator at www.williamgadea.com.

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H.M., Dr. William Scoville, and Me: The Strange Intersection between My Life and Henry Molaison's

What Is Mind? with William Gadea

32 minutes 36 seconds

3 weeks ago

H.M., Dr. William Scoville, and Me: The Strange Intersection between My Life and Henry Molaison's

I was named after the neurosurgeon who operated on H.M., history’s most famous amnesiac. In this episode, I trace Henry Molaison’s case, the discoveries it unlocked about memory, and a parallel story from my own family that began in the same Hartford hospital.

What you’ll learn (without spoilers):

How H.M.’s case helped separate short-term vs long-term memory
Why declarative and procedural memory are different (mirror-drawing!)
The promise and perils of mid-century psychosurgery
A personal tale of diagnosis, risk, recovery… and unintended consequences

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