In Permanent Present Tense she tells his extraordinary story, showing how his amnesia revolutionized our understanding of the brain, and also challenged our very notions of who we are.
Suzanne Corkin is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and head of the Corkin Lab at MIT. The author of nine books, Corkin lives in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Fascinating ... rich with implications for our understanding of the
brain, our experience and what it means to be human
*Steven Pinker, author of 'How the Mind Works' and 'The Stuff of
Thought'*
The poignant story of a man who became one of history's most
studied patients
*Sunday Times*
In this fine and moving book, Corkin pays tribute to a much-missed
friend, as well as offering lucid accounts of the
neuropsychological discoveries he made possible
*Guardian*
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