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| Molaison in 1986 J. Ogden, "Trouble in Mind" |
New technology is being used on an old brain specimen to help us learn more about memory. Henry Molaison, whose identity was revealed after his death in 2008, had had portions of his brain excised in 1953 in a successful attempt to relieve his epileptic seizures. The surgery, however, also relieved him of his short-term and some of his long-term memory. Other memory functions remained intact, but he couldn't report internal sensations, such as hunger. Scientists have now cut Molaison's brain into 2,401 slices, which they photographed so that others can study it, too (story, video): http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24944-neurosciences-most-famous-brain-is-reconstructed.html#.UugJFPbTky4
An interesting piece about a neurologist who worked with Molaison, then known to the world as HM, for 46 years: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/may/05/henry-molaison-amnesiac-corkin-book-feature
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