Man with No Memory | Henry's Final Flight | 3

American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Henry Molaison has now lived over half his life unable to form new memories. And with the passing of his parents -- the one constant in his life -- he descends into despair. With no one else to turn to, he forms a close emotional bond with the lead neuroscientist on his case, Suzanne Corkin, who blurs the lines between professional and personal as she tries to help Henry live out his last years with dignity.

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0:23.0	It's 1966 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the MIT campus.
0:29.0	In a psychology department testing room,
0:31.2	Dr. Suzanne Corkin takes a box with an angled mirror inside
0:35.6	and places it on the table in front of her.
0:38.0	Then she looks up at a small huddle of visiting colleagues and students
0:41.8	who are there for her presentation.
0:44.2	Corkin leads a team that's been studying Henry Mollason for the last decade.
0:49.0	She took over his case from her former supervisor, Brenda Milner.
0:52.8	She knows some of her colleagues are skeptical about her latest findings
0:56.3	regarding Henry's profound memory loss.
0:59.1	So she's devised a little test.
1:01.9	She pulls out a piece of paper from a folder on the table.
1:05.1	So on this paper, you can see two large five-pointed stars.
1:09.5	There's a smaller one inside a bigger one.
1:12.1	Now, I need someone to draw a third medium-sized star
1:16.1	between these two without straying outside the lines.
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