Corkin, Suzanne
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Name (Latin)
Corkin, Suzanne
Other forms of name
Corkin, S. (Suzanne)
Hammond, Suzanne Janet
Date of birth
1937-05-18
Date of death
2016-05-24
Field of activity
H. M., 1926-2008
Memory disorders
Occupation
College teachers
Psychologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Language
English
Sources of Information
- Alzheimer's disease, c1982 (a.e.)
- Int. Study Group on the Phar. of Memory Disorders Assoc. with Aging. Meeting (4th : 1987 : Zurich, Switzerland). Topics in the basic and clinical ... c1987:
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Wikipedia description:
Suzanne Corkin (May 18, 1937 – May 24, 2016) was an American professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. She was a leading scholar in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. She is best known for her research on human memory, which she studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amnesia. She is also well known for studying H.M., a man with memory loss whom she met in 1962 and studied until his death in 2008.
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