Links
UCLA Department of Physiological Science: David Glanzman
www.physci.ucla.edu/physcifacultyindiv.php?FacultyKey=21
Learn about David Glanzman, a researcher who studies Aplysia and memory formation, at his UCLA website.
Society for Neuroscience
www.sfn.org
Find educational resources and read some of the latest neuroscience news at this website from the Society for Neuroscience.
Epilepsy Foundation
www.epilepsyfoundation.org
If a person has two or more seizures, he or she is considered to have epilepsy. Learn more about the condition at this website from the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
Examining an Amnesiac's Brain
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98184825
On NPR's Talk of the Nation, hear Dr. Jacopo Annese, director of The Brain Observatory at University of California, San Diego, discuss what neuroscientists hope to learn from an upcoming analysis of H.M.'s brain.
The Brain Observatory
thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu
Take a virtual tour of the lab where researchers are preparing to analyze the brain of anterograde amnesic H.M. and read more about current neurological research at the University of California, San Diego at this website.
Books
Memory: A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan K. Foster. Oxford University Press, 2008.
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by Eric Kandel. W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
The Three-Pound Enigma: The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock its Mysteries
by Shannon Moffett. Algonquin Books, 2006.
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How It Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer. Free Press, 2005.
Articles
"A Memory for Faces, Extreme Version"
by Roni Caryn Rabin. The New York Times, May 25, 2009.
www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26face.html
"Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget"
by Gary Marcus. Wired, March 23, 2009.
www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-04/ff_perfectmemory
"New Kind of Epilepsy Shakes Up Memory"
by Linda Geddes. New Scientist, February 25, 2009.
www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.900-new-kind-of-epilepsy-shakes-up-memory.html
"H.M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82"
by Benedict Carey. The New York Times, December 4, 2008.
www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/us/05hm.html
"Patients With Hippocampal Amnesia Cannot Imagine New Experiences"
by Demis Hassabis, Dharshan Kumaran, Seralynne D. Vann, and Eleanor A. Maguire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 17, 2007.
www.pnas.org/content/104/5/1726.abstract
"H.M.'s Brain and the History of Memory"
by Brian Newhouse. Weekend Edition Saturday, February 24, 2007.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7584970
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