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OT: Daniel Levitin ('79) - Amnesia and the Self That Remains When Memory Is Lost - fullmetal - 01-31-2013

Touching vignette about memories and the role they play in our perception of the self.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/amnesia-and-the-self-that-remains-when-memory-is-lost/266662/


Re: OT: Daniel Levitin ('79) - Amnesia and the Self That Remains When Memory Is Lost - Nan3cy - 01-31-2013

Thanks for posting, FM. My husband and I have talked about this very subject, as we watched my mother's decline from Alzheimer's.  As poignant as this article was, it was somehow hopeful too.