The life of an amnesiac
In the New Yorker, my friend Dan Zalewski reports on Lonni Sue Johnson, a 64-year-old with profound amnesia—and new research into how her brain, and memory, works. (more…)
View ArticleMan with 90-minute memory loop thinks every day is March 14, 2005
On March 14, 2005 "William O" received an anesthetic for root canal surgery. The next morning when William woke up, he thought it was still March 14 and that he had a dentist appointment. He's had the...
View ArticleA year later, no action from Chinese company whose insecure PVRs threaten all...
It's been more than a year since RSA's Rotem Kerner published his research on the insecurities in a PVR that was "white labeled" by TVT, a Chinese company and sold under over 70 brand-names around the...
View ArticleA 37-year-old man woke up last year thinking he was 16. He still doesn't...
A 36-year-old hearing specialist from Texas woke up one morning last July think he was a 16-year-old high school student. He didn't recognize his wife who was in bed with him. He didn't recognize his...
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