Memory's Ghost

In an experiment that occurred some forty years ago, Henry M.'s memory was stolen from him during a highly controversial operation performed to cure his epilepsy. Henry has lived in the immediate present sever since, unable to connect a past moment with the next, incapable of retaining or recalling any physical or emotional experience. Philip J. Hilts-one of the few people to spend time with Henry, who is sequestered in a hospital-draws on Henry's bizarre situation as well as current cutting-edge research in the functions of the brain in a revealing investigation of how an individual's memory is constructed. When and why memory fails. The efficacy of mnemoic devices. The validy of "recovered' memories. SC, 253 pages.