brains have revealed the workings of the normal brain. He meets remarkable individuals like Karen, who suffered from a rare condition - alien hand syndrome - which meant that one of her hands constantly attacked her. And Julia, who seems to have recovered from -- -- Michael explores the case of an amnesiac known for years only by his initials, HM, who became the most studied individual in the history of psychology and whose extraordinary case opened a window on how our memory works. He visits the multi-million dollar centre which has been -- -- memory works. He visits the multi-million dollar centre which has been set up since HM died to map his unique brain down to the level of an individual neuron. Show more / Show less (BUTTON) Share this page