Dr. Corkin is currently a professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is best known for her work with the famous amnesic patient H.M. Her work focuses on the multiple memory systems in the brain, and much of her work involves human patients with neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's. In addition to looking at diseases related to aging, Dr. Corkin and her lab are also looking at the processes of healthy aging and the brain.
Enjoy a short talk by Dr. Corkin about patient H.M.:
