Patient H.M.: The Guardian's Book Review of Corkin's "Permanent Present Tense"
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Patient H.M.: The Guardian's Book Review of Corkin's "Permanent Present Tense"


From The Guardian:

Permanent Present Tense: The man with no memory, and what he taught the world by Suzanne Corkin – review
This fine and moving book reveals as much about the limitations of neuropsychology as about the scope of human memory

A review by Jonathan Rée
The Guardian, Thursday 27 June 2013 08.00 BST

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