Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Clive Wearing
- Contracted brain infection herpes
encephalitis, Effecting parts of his
brain concerned with memory.
- Left with a memory span of only seconds.
- Suffers from most extensive
amnesia ever seen.
- MRI scanning of his brain showed damage
to the hippocampus and frontal regions
- His case provides insight into the
biological foundation of different
memory systems.
- Fact he can still remember how to
play piano and conduct an orchestra
is evidence of a distributed memory
system. His emotional memory is
also still intact.