Who was Patient HM?

For decades, one of the most famous patients in neuroscience was a man who lost most of his hippocampus after a radical treatment for extreme epilepsy. Though he passed away in 2008, his unique brain still informs neuroscientists today. At the 2016 World Science Festival, neuroscientist Daphna Shohamy discussed HM's legacy and our shifting understanding of the science of memory.

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