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Lonni Sue Johnson was a renowned artist who regularly produced covers for The New Yorker, a gifted musician, a skilled amateur pilot, and a joyful presence to all who knew her. But in late 2007, she contracted encephalitis. The disease burned through her hippocampus like wildfire, leaving her severely amnesic, living in a present that rarely progresses beyond ten to fifteen minutes.
Remarkably, she still retains much of the intellect and artistic skills from her previous life, but it's not at all clear how closely her consciousness resembles yours or mine. As such, Lonni Sue's story has become part of a much larger scientific narrative—one that is currently challenging traditional wisdom about how human memory and awareness are stored in the brain.
In this probing, compassionate, and illuminating book, award-winning science journalist Michael D. Lemonick uses the unique drama of Lonni Sue Johnson's day-to-day life to give us a nuanced and intimate understanding of the science that lies at the very heart of human nature.
- Michael D. Lemonick - Author
- Kaleo Griffith - Narrator
OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781524750480
- File size: 305928 KB
- Release date: February 7, 2017
- Duration: 10:37:20
MP3 audiobook
- ISBN: 9781524750480
- File size: 305971 KB
- Release date: February 7, 2017
- Duration: 10:41:22
- Number of parts: 9
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
Languages
English