What a Missing Section of One Man’s Brain Taught Science About Memory
PBS NewHour “The Rundown Blog”
Howard Eichenbaum, College of Arts & Sciences
I recall being equally parts shocked and fascinated the first time I learned about the man known as H.M. in my graduate school neuroscience class…
Expert quote:
“So if you put together the spatial-coding properties — the ability to identify where in space things occur and the ability to remember where in time things occur — one gets this sort of spatio-temporal scaffolding onto which memories are placed. We believe that gives rise to this interesting capacity we call declarative memory, the ability to pull together the various elements of memory to compose the elaborateness of memories as we experience them.”
The mystery of memory
Macleans
Howard Eichenbaum, College of Arts & Sciences
In 1953, at the age of 27, the man who later became known to scientists as “HM” lost his memory…
Old Memories Excavated
Scientist
Howard Eichenbaum, College of Arts and Sciences
Two new studies in mice show how to activate memories, and demonstrate that reliving a memory may impede new memory formation…
Researchers Reawaken Old Memories in Mice
Science Now
Howard Eichenbaum, College of Arts & Sciences
Call it Total Recall for mice. In two new studies, researchers have found a way to stimulate the brains of rodents to activate a specific memory trace…
