One of the things that informed S. J. Watson's first novel, Before I Go to Sleep, was reading the obituary of a man named Henry Molaison, known until his death only as H. M. Due to a surgical procedure to relieve his severe epiletic seizures when he was 27, Mr. Molaison also lost his ability to form new memories, much like the main character Christine in Watson's novel. After his surgery and until his death at age 82, Mr. Molaison became a case study participant at MIT and radically changed scientists' understanding of how our memory works.
This is a brief interview with Mr. Molaison and one of his researchers done by NPR. I found it quite fascinating and thought you might also enjoy reading it or listening to it.
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