Henry Gustav Molaison

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:H.M.
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-02-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Manchester,_Connecticut,_United_States
gptkbp:brainDonatedTo gptkb:science
gptkbp:brainSectionedAt gptkb:The_Brain_Observatory,_UC_San_Diego
gptkbp:contributedTo distinction between declarative and procedural memory
understanding of hippocampus role in memory
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-12-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Windsor_Locks,_Connecticut,_United_States
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Gustav Molaison
gptkbp:lostAbility form new long-term memories (anterograde amnesia)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor case study in neuroscience
amnesia patient
contributions to understanding memory
gptkbp:retainedAbility short-term memory
procedural memory
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Brenda_Milner
gptkb:Suzanne_Corkin
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Permanent_Present_Tense_(book_by_Suzanne_Corkin)
gptkb:The_Brain_That_Changed_Everything_(documentary)
numerous scientific papers
books on neuroscience and memory
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets (book by Luke Dittrich)
gptkbp:suffersFrom epilepsy
gptkbp:surgeryDate 1953
gptkbp:surgeryPerformedBy gptkb:William_Beecher_Scoville
gptkbp:underwentProcedure bilateral medial temporal lobectomy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HM
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6