Brain damage
As the neurologist Oliver Sacks points out, sometimes we get the most valuable insights into the mind when the mind is damaged.
I've just been reading about Phineas Gage again, the guy who had a pole dynamited through his head and survived (but as a different person).
And the story of Clive Wearing is pretty tragic - for over 20 years he has had a seven second memory. (More, and more.)
I've just been reading about Phineas Gage again, the guy who had a pole dynamited through his head and survived (but as a different person).
And the story of Clive Wearing is pretty tragic - for over 20 years he has had a seven second memory. (More, and more.)