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Neuroscience: Losing the past

Douwe Draaisma visits the unusual mind of Henry Molaison, the most famous patient in brain science.

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Draaisma, D. Neuroscience: Losing the past. Nature 497, 313–314 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/497313a

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