For more on the life of Henry Gustav Molaison (who died last December) check out these links courtesy of Wikipedia -- and please add more in the comments if you have them!
H.M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82 (NYT)
H.M.'s Brain and the History of Memory (NPR)
SCIENCE OF MEMORY: Researchers To Study Pieces Of Unique Brain (Hartford Courant)
EDIT: Kudos to Virginia Welle who had a faster (and better) post about this before I did! Sorry, Virginia, if I had seen yours first I would have just pointed everyone to your site. Regardless, here's her post: http://pumaattack.blogspot.com/2009/12/project-hm-watch-dissection.html
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That's okay, Steve! Thanks for the mention. My kids were fascinated by this video and I got tons of questions from them as a result. Great teaching tool! I recommend everyone check it out!
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