
NeuroscienceMay 1, 2014
Rebuilding Memories Makes Them Stick
Even after his death, the famous amnesic H. M. is revolutionizing our understanding of how memory works and how we maintain it as we age
Donald G. MacKay is professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his Ph.D. in psycholinguistics and physiological psychology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is author of The Organization of Perception and Action: A Theory for Language and Other Cognitive Skills (1987).

Rebuilding Memories Makes Them Stick
Even after his death, the famous amnesic H. M. is revolutionizing our understanding of how memory works and how we maintain it as we age