THE VIDEO SHELF · amnesia and memory
The Man With The Seven Second Memory
A documentary on Clive Wearing, a renowned musician whose brain was damaged by a virus in 1985, leaving him with a memory spanning only about seven seconds. It follows his life and condition.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as the extended documentary on an extreme case of amnesia whenever memory loss or consciousness comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Real Stories
- Topic
- amnesia and memory
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For another incredible case of retrogade amnesia, check the story of Clive Wearing, the men with a few seconds of memory. Short clip: [LINK] Extended documentary: [VIDEO] I learned of him through neuroscience classes. That was plenty of years ago, and I still think of …
gattilorenz on Hacker News · 2020-09
In After simple dental surgery, a man lost his ability to form new memoriesHave you seen the documentary "7 second memory man" on BBC. It is about an intelligent person who is confined to live with only 7 second memory. He keeps a diary recording his entries. As he reads past entries, he realises the predicament he is …
passion__desire on Hacker News · 2024-08
In There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.