Its remarkable how his brain remembers exactly what he just said, but he doesn't. He ran off an imaginary script of what he just said about never having a dream.
@lohphat My biopsychology professor talked about this guy, and apparently his wife divorced him early on because she couldn't deal with it. She even moved to another country. But after many years, she moved back and remarried him. :)
@PankisDaMan Like RidersCanucks said, there are two types of memory: Declarative and Non-Declarative. I think that probably could've been clarified in the video to explain that he hasn't lost his ability to talk, play piano, etc, but he cannot recall/verbalize knowing anything. I think that's a really simple way to put it. The brain is extraordinarily complex.
@PankisDaMan Three types of memory. Episode, semantic, and procedural. His episodic memory is gone and most of his semantic. He can still remember to do things, so that's why he isn't a vegetable.
Anyone who ever feels self-conscious about their partner should watch this... his love for her is so strong that he can never let her go, and her love for him is so powerful she can never let him go....<3
I realize this is so sad to love someone and see him 'lost' in time -- but at the same time, wouldn't that be amazing b/c you feel so loved b/c every single time he sees her, he hugs her like he never wants to let go. but i dunno. i guess it might become sad after awhile b/c Clive can't share any memories with her.
Ya know she divorced him afterward n then got back with him? Really now...I'd never leave that guy. You gotta be one selfish bastard to want MORE than renewed affection every day of your life.
@Broman973 I hope this doesn't freak you out but this is how i feel about my BF, our relationship has been so rocky because we both live lives that don't allow us to be openly together... every time i see him, i feel the same way as i did on our first date
I saw this as part of a Psych lecture at uni... was very pleasantly surprised to see that Michio Kaku was the host - I could listen (and have) to the guy speak for hours.
He does (or did) keep a diary/notebook, but it doesn't help - and maybe makes things worse. His diary is a repetitive series of declarations of awareness, each, in turn, crossed out and replaced by the next. Like:
10:05 - I am now truly awake for the first time. [struck out]
10:20 - I am completely and truly awake [struck out]
10: 40 - I am now fully awake [struck out]
11:00 - I am properly and truly awake at last [struck out]
He does (or did) keep a diary/notebook, but it doesn't help - and maybe makes things worse. His diary is a repetitive series of declarations of awareness, each, in turn, crossed out and replaced by the next. Like:
10:05 - I am now truly awake for the first time. [struck out]
10:20 - I am completely and truly awake [struck out]
10: 40 - I am now fully awake [struck out]
11:00 - I am properly and truly awake at last [struck out]
Thats sad...really sad i honestly wonder what thats like for him whats that moment feel like when he just forgets what he just heard...its soo wierd to think about it...noone probably not even him can comprehend what its like
He's definitely just trolling. I bet he has a perfect memory and thinks the whole ordeal is absolutely hilarious. His only real ailment is he has forgotten how to laugh, and thus the whole thing is the very definition of irony.
@kangarokimy I read that she got a divorce and remarried. She doesn't live with him, she comes from her husband's house almost every day to see him though. Over the years he's actually retained physical memory that she doesn't live there, like he'll mention it from time to time. But he will never truly know that's she's remarried.
@kangarokimy I'll be honest, if I were Clive, I would want my wife to have a fuck buddy. Cause god knows I'll never be able to please her in that way ever again. Even if she wanted to remarry, I wouldn't blame her. I wouldn't be happy, but my happiness isn't her responsibility.
@Kruezoraxe marriage is marriage...why get married if its only about that? Commitment. 'in sickness and in health until death do you part'. Do you write off your father because he's sick and cant be a father to you or do you care for him. Man this society is so self-centered. Props to her! I pity ur future wife.
All I said was that I wouldn't expect my wife to become a full time nurse. I would also want her to still be sexually satisfied and have relations with someone who can actually please her. That is the opposite of selfish.
I said absolutely nothing about what I would do if I were in his wife's situation. I only said what I would be ok with if I were in Clive's position. Look up the definition of a non-sequitur.
He's so happy to see her each time. What a wonderful feeling it must be for him but for his wife must be so sad as well. It's a wonderful love story. I wish them all the best.
7:46 she is not touching him. 10 seconds later, he has not forgotten her presence? shouldn't he be surprised and all cheered up again like as if he hasn't seen her in ages?
What a great wife. Great woman. I would easily think someone would get so fed up after the first week and yet look how patient and loving she is. As terrible as this guys life must be and realizing he may not remember her in the future (honestly you never know he might always feel the connection) he really is lucky to have her.
For those of you who think he won the lottery, think about this: everytime he hears something bad (death of a parent, etc.), he'll experience that pain everytime. Also, as his wife ages, he will forget her and that 'suprise reaction' that he has whenever she walks into the room will go away; he'll eventually not know who anyone is, and will be completely alone. He already doesn't know who his children are because they have aged and he therefore can't recognize them.
In fact, those people can still learn things that are related to the physical movements. Per instance, if his had never skied and went to a mountain to ski, the physical coordination he would learn that day would still be stored. Then, he could go back skiing another day, without ever remembering having skied in his life, but every time, he would still get better and better.
He is not reading the music, so is either improvising or playing from (muscle) memory. The score is quite clearly the D Major Prelude from Bach's WTC Book I -- just check at 1:43 and 7:05. So what's going on when she turns the page?
This breaks my heart every time. I had to watch it in my Cognitive Psych class & his medical condition is so interesting because of how his brain responded to his illness but it really does break my heart. Clive seems ok emotionally and his wife is such an amazing woman for being there for him & he looks like they love each other so much. I am so happy that he still got to keep his gift of music!
when i watch does type of video its make me very frustrated because i fell very helpless because this man is very happy whit 5 min of life just imagine if he can live like a normal person how a wonderfull dad or husbant he will be...
i cant imagine how pissed i would be, but could you even grasp time long enough to become angry?how do you not lose major functions like eating,using the restroom, or even putting on a t shirt!?i can only wonder how that can feel, i hope he is at least happy if he can feel it
@MrExAl He lost his short term memory since the accident. Motor skills remain, such as his ability to walk, eat and play the piano, but he has been unable to recall anything since the original accident - hence his ability to remember his childrens O-levels - not what they accomplished after. With such a short term memory one would be, for the most part, devoid of strong emotions. The only emotions he seems capable of possessing are that of surprise and love. So he probably has a nice life :)
Actually stuff like eating, sleeping breathing etc is stored in a different part of your brain then episodic memory ( eg things that just happened) Almost all amnesia patiants retain their procedural memory. I expect alot of his music playing is also procedural and thats why he can remember it. Like riding a bike.
There is a woman at the retirement home who is almost like this. She'll ask for coffee and I'll go get the coffee pot, and once I get back to her table she'll look surprised that I'm there. Or I'll get her dessert order and when I bring it to her she'll not know what it is and that she ordered it. She's a very nice woman, but it's kind of hard to work with. I've timed how long it takes her to forget something and it's probably a little more than a minute.
I doubt he could learn new procedural memories(motor-skills), after the loss of blood to diencephalon, the mid brain would be damaged beyond the stage of consolidating any more memories. However his retreival of (retreograde memories) appear intact, this is probably why he can stil play the piano. like he says my son hasn't got past his o- levels. Although it must be very fustrating, i bet it is much like a mindless daze. Not enough time to get stressed out about something.
@newcoyote It is genuine, my granfather had a stroke and was left in a similar state to this. You can sit and have a conversation with him, then leave the room for a few minutes, and when you come back he doesn't know who you are any more. Sounds kind of silly but we wear name tags when we visit him, if he sees your name or you tell him it, he will remember what your relationship is to him if he sees you often, like he will remember i'm his grandson, but he won't remember anything about me.
@philbateman1989 Fascinating. I reserve judgment but do have a lot of questions. I can see how things concerning what is familiar or not might be an issue. Recognition and wot.But then I have to ask to what degree is the memory impaired. For example. How would basic tasks get done. Food is kept in the fridge. How a light switch works. See where I'm going? It seemed like this fellow lived alone. I'm sure I am ignorant in some regard, yet curious. Such an unusual condition.
@newcoyote There is different styles of memory; different memory systems that is. They are believed to use different anatomical structures of the brain. I bet Clive can learn motor skills (if he can focus on what he is doing) without know he has learned it. This problem has something to do with consolidation of short-term memory; he cannot store anything as long-term memory. That he can recoqnize his wife and stuff like that, is due to the hypothesis, that memory is not stored at ONE place.
@newcoyote His memory is intact up until the stroke, in that things he has learned to do remain. It's because you have conscious and uncounscious memory. For example, when you drive, you don't actively remember how to do it per se, it's automatic. But when you see a person, your brain has to consciously recall who they are, you know they are human without remembering what a human is, but identity is a conscious memory, which is lost. Once the condition onsets though, you cannot learn new skills.
In many ways I think he is happy. Look each time he sees his wife its like the first time in a very long time. We all know how it feels to see someone we love who we have not seen in ages, now this guy gets to feel that many times a day over and over again.
would u say that clive is suffering? or is he having fun with his current life but just in another way.. is clive really in pain.. i believe his wife is more in pain than he is..
@scary00001 I agree to an extent, but I would say he is in a large way suffering, this view may not, or probly wont shared by all, but I would rather be blind, or death etc, because it more preferably that to have one great blur. One day he'll be on his death bed with no understading every few seconds of any event that has ever happened after he was struck ill, to me thats a curse.
@ben2nd In such case, you completely misunderstood what I said. I have great sympathy for him, which is why I said what I said. Please read it again and re-think what I might have meant.
@antiHUMANDesigns i had to read what you wrote a few times before i realised it wasnt actually cruel. his wife is the only thing he knows, the only thing that makes him happy. it must be so hard for her.
@DaRza17 It's not shit, it's been proven ever since the case of HM. When his temporal lobe was removed, he could not form any new memories, and could not remember the past. It's all true.
Does he not wonder why a camera is there? Why does he not get scared shitless when his wife reaches over to change the sheet music after so many seconds.
@MovieChic007 She did divorce him for a while, but she realized she loved him too much and they remarried (he had no idea that she had left for years).
As sad as this is.. him greeting her by showering her with hugs, love, and kisses each time he sees her is undoubtedly the silver lining to this gray cloud.
It really must be difficult having this to the love of your life. :\
Now imagine this mans illness on a larger scale. Infinite awareness of the universe, split into infinite portions of memory that tend to last 70-100 years, otherwise known as human life. We are like Clive, constantly awakening through birth, having a long term memory of 80 or so years and then forgetting it all in death.
To Clive life is not as terrible as it appears to us. We are just observing Clive being born and dying over and over. Mentally he's not the same person for more than 30 second.
I wonder what religious people think about this.
deffan84 2 months ago
This guy technically dies every 10 seconds. Please have some respect and save the troll jokes for another time. Thanks...
IceStormGamer 2 months ago
he probably lives a truly happy life
FruityLoopsification 2 months ago
Its remarkable how his brain remembers exactly what he just said, but he doesn't. He ran off an imaginary script of what he just said about never having a dream.
Speekerful 2 months ago
I am thrilled with the way happy, in love, he looks and remember the wife! I cried.
prglg 2 months ago
All I could think of is that Debora, his wife, is a saint.
lohphat 2 months ago
@lohphat My biopsychology professor talked about this guy, and apparently his wife divorced him early on because she couldn't deal with it. She even moved to another country. But after many years, she moved back and remarried him. :)
loxoscelesreclusa 2 months ago
4:28 he forgets everything except to hold the door for a lady, what a gentlem....what was i saying?
jbdranger 2 months ago
Well it would be nice to have someone greet you with such love and enthusiasm every time you walk in the door. Poor man though
oCountryPrincesso 2 months ago
6:10 - 'As far as I'm concerned the doctors have been totally incompetent.' Seems like he remembers just the things that are important. :)
2JAMMY 2 months ago
OMG... the real MEMENTO...
riovincentius 2 months ago
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EagerSleeper 2 months ago
LooooL, I know a guy like that
megareika 2 months ago
Love and music permeates his condition. Fascinating.
iSmkoeBluntsToMyFace 2 months ago 6
I wish they had the BBC in the states just for the music. How often do you hear Four Tet on American television?
L3P4rk0Ur4L1f3 2 months ago 3
@L3P4rk0Ur4L1f3
PBS
TimVTShen 2 months ago
@L3P4rk0Ur4L1f3
PBS...
3rkid2 2 months ago
Is he aware that he has a bad memory?
Pianofy 2 months ago
Thats real love !!!
Wildthing1984 2 months ago in playlist More videos from Equivicae
memento in real life
lan0011 2 months ago
And thats a good husband, who is absolutely delighted to see her every time she comes around.
funktapus 2 months ago 10
50 First Dates anyone??
KyleMichaelArizona 2 months ago
so it goes....
pizzaloco5 2 months ago
30 people forgot what they just watched and chose to press dislike.
MrRat1980 2 months ago
30 people forgot what they watched and pressed dislike.
MrRat1980 2 months ago
he has a cool accent! lol
thedptvshow 2 months ago
now how much joints do i have to smoke in order to be like this guy
scottie520 2 months ago
@scottie520 23 in one hour.
budmayo33 2 months ago
how can he still talk if he can't remember a thing? wouldn't words just be jibberish to him?
PankisDaMan 2 months ago
@PankisDaMan I think it's because long term memory and procedural memory are two different things.
RidersCanucks 2 months ago
@PankisDaMan Like RidersCanucks said, there are two types of memory: Declarative and Non-Declarative. I think that probably could've been clarified in the video to explain that he hasn't lost his ability to talk, play piano, etc, but he cannot recall/verbalize knowing anything. I think that's a really simple way to put it. The brain is extraordinarily complex.
janeemaree 2 months ago
@PankisDaMan Three types of memory. Episode, semantic, and procedural. His episodic memory is gone and most of his semantic. He can still remember to do things, so that's why he isn't a vegetable.
manarunigha 2 months ago
How happy he is amazes me, he doesn't seem down about the situation. Even though he can't remember emotions. its amazing. I feel so sorry for him.
LaurenCanFly45 2 months ago
Anyone who ever feels self-conscious about their partner should watch this... his love for her is so strong that he can never let her go, and her love for him is so powerful she can never let him go....<3
JCasR3 2 months ago
I realize this is so sad to love someone and see him 'lost' in time -- but at the same time, wouldn't that be amazing b/c you feel so loved b/c every single time he sees her, he hugs her like he never wants to let go. but i dunno. i guess it might become sad after awhile b/c Clive can't share any memories with her.
jonarita69 2 months ago
Thumbs up if Dr. Souza made you watch this video!
jonarita69 2 months ago 4
I think everyone should be like him. Embrace the people around you as if it's the first time for a long time.
aircheung 2 months ago
Wouldn't be that bad. At least you get to try something new every day! Dogs seem pretty stoked on it.
dyegreen1 2 months ago
@BlackSabbathFan1985 nope, every 30 seconds or so he just believes that he has woken up for the first time in years after being in a coma-like state.
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amelialolz 3 months ago
Ya know she divorced him afterward n then got back with him? Really now...I'd never leave that guy. You gotta be one selfish bastard to want MORE than renewed affection every day of your life.
Broman973 3 months ago
@Broman973 oh my god, did she really leave him?! ; o so he's now alone or what.. ?
chwilka 3 months ago
@Broman973 I hope this doesn't freak you out but this is how i feel about my BF, our relationship has been so rocky because we both live lives that don't allow us to be openly together... every time i see him, i feel the same way as i did on our first date
JCasR3 2 months ago
I almost feel as though this shit is totally made up.
WheelsGoRoundAndRoun 3 months ago
i could trust him with all of my secrets
JJBoii2297 3 months ago 7
Is he aware that he has no memory?
BlackSabbathFan1985 3 months ago
29 people were upset to see a woman that could beat them up.
clifsportland 3 months ago
*holds out hand* "Hi, I'm Tom!" (just a light joke, feel bad for them really)
manxfaerie 3 months ago
I met him once, great guy to know. He always finds this one joke I tell so funny, no matter how many times I tell him it.
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I saw this as part of a Psych lecture at uni... was very pleasantly surprised to see that Michio Kaku was the host - I could listen (and have) to the guy speak for hours.
777static777 3 months ago
I'm sorry but what is up with his wife's hair? It's extremely distracting.
Lucia139 3 months ago in playlist Clive Wearing Video
this is so sad.
morty23ness 3 months ago
Tbh thats love and loyalty right there!
MultiSupermarcus 3 months ago
CEREBELLUM.
NakedCreep 4 months ago
He does (or did) keep a diary/notebook, but it doesn't help - and maybe makes things worse. His diary is a repetitive series of declarations of awareness, each, in turn, crossed out and replaced by the next. Like:
10:05 - I am now truly awake for the first time. [struck out]
10:20 - I am completely and truly awake [struck out]
10: 40 - I am now fully awake [struck out]
11:00 - I am properly and truly awake at last [struck out]
.... etc.
DomainRider 4 months ago
He does (or did) keep a diary/notebook, but it doesn't help - and maybe makes things worse. His diary is a repetitive series of declarations of awareness, each, in turn, crossed out and replaced by the next. Like:
10:05 - I am now truly awake for the first time. [struck out]
10:20 - I am completely and truly awake [struck out]
10: 40 - I am now fully awake [struck out]
11:00 - I am properly and truly awake at last [struck out]
.... etc.
DomainRider 4 months ago
this is freaky
Scottythabeast 4 months ago
Aww :( This makes me so sad
Xcelerate2 4 months ago 2
Why doesn't he just take a notebook with him and record his thoughts?
wheaty123 4 months ago
@wheaty123 he'll forget it.....
ghostedfrequency 4 months ago
@wheaty123 He did, but it was basically the same thing over and over again, because he couldn't remember long enough.
MusicalParanoia 4 months ago
@wheaty123 he does, he gets creeped out at how the writing gets there so crosses it out...
becki177 4 months ago
Thats sad...really sad i honestly wonder what thats like for him whats that moment feel like when he just forgets what he just heard...its soo wierd to think about it...noone probably not even him can comprehend what its like
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Memento
Best.Movie.Ever
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frilink 4 months ago
This guy's actually just the world's ultimate troll.
whighamz 4 months ago 86
@whighamz I hope you are joking. Otherwise go die.
Mills3y1 2 months ago
Whatever, what women say isn't worth remembering anyway.
freakyfadge 4 months ago
does he remember that he cant remember?
rjmurreymay 4 months ago
Remember sammy jankis...
littletrickceo 4 months ago 2
Watch Momento.
kylezstylez 4 months ago 4
Terrible affliction or massive troll.
EuphoricDuffer 4 months ago 11
I think he's stoned.
QueenXofXSpades2 4 months ago
50 first dates
jenwexxx820 4 months ago
obliterate!!!!!
SupahSonicBoom 4 months ago
He's definitely just trolling. I bet he has a perfect memory and thinks the whole ordeal is absolutely hilarious. His only real ailment is he has forgotten how to laugh, and thus the whole thing is the very definition of irony.
DeathToTheseWalls 4 months ago 2
That's a real wife, right there.
Jisamaniac 4 months ago 238
@Jisamaniac i thought that at first but my teacher told me that the wife cheated on him and he will never know!
kangarokimy 4 months ago
@kangarokimy I read that she got a divorce and remarried. She doesn't live with him, she comes from her husband's house almost every day to see him though. Over the years he's actually retained physical memory that she doesn't live there, like he'll mention it from time to time. But he will never truly know that's she's remarried.
thispoorguy 4 months ago
@kangarokimy I'll be honest, if I were Clive, I would want my wife to have a fuck buddy. Cause god knows I'll never be able to please her in that way ever again. Even if she wanted to remarry, I wouldn't blame her. I wouldn't be happy, but my happiness isn't her responsibility.
Kruezoraxe 4 months ago
@Kruezoraxe marriage is marriage...why get married if its only about that? Commitment. 'in sickness and in health until death do you part'. Do you write off your father because he's sick and cant be a father to you or do you care for him. Man this society is so self-centered. Props to her! I pity ur future wife.
Aaron637 3 months ago
@Aaron637 Did you read what my post meant?
All I said was that I wouldn't expect my wife to become a full time nurse. I would also want her to still be sexually satisfied and have relations with someone who can actually please her. That is the opposite of selfish.
I said absolutely nothing about what I would do if I were in his wife's situation. I only said what I would be ok with if I were in Clive's position. Look up the definition of a non-sequitur.
Kruezoraxe 3 months ago
I wonder how long I could pull off this trick. I can't remember half the things my girlfriend tells me.
jcchurch 4 months ago
This(LOVE) is the real meaning of living in the present and having no idea about past and future. LOVE is the real meaning of life.
hadikhan64 4 months ago 2
@hadikhan64 excellently put! :) I believe that too! LOVE!
PeachySweety 4 months ago
my psychology class brought me to this video lol
xxxEmmureOwnxxx 4 months ago 8
@xxxEmmureOwnxxx Same. :D
clubcoffee616 4 months ago
anyone know the name of the silver-haired dude?thanks!
SuperLLL 5 months ago
@SuperLLL I think it's Michio Kaku, the famous physicist.
MachiavelliNZ 4 months ago
Haha,his wife must've be so lucky...the guy will NEVER EVER be bored of her..and every meeting feels like a first one
hazwan97 5 months ago
@ocean3b Really? He can't remember is past, he can't imagine the future. It's like he exists in one place, and one place alone.
sushiboyjunya 5 months ago
This could be one of the saddest things ive ever seen, i mean, what future does the poor guy have??? his life has ceased progression...
VGMEnix 5 months ago
He's so happy to see her each time. What a wonderful feeling it must be for him but for his wife must be so sad as well. It's a wonderful love story. I wish them all the best.
cutykity 5 months ago
If my wife was like this... Time to take advantage.
Eldinarcus 5 months ago
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it is not so bad .
ocean3b 5 months ago
7:46 she is not touching him. 10 seconds later, he has not forgotten her presence? shouldn't he be surprised and all cheered up again like as if he hasn't seen her in ages?
Margeraxxx 6 months ago
@Margeraxxx no. deborah said, sometimes, he knows something for 40 seconds
MortalPain1231 6 months ago
I first saw Clive on a PBS program about the brain. I was looking for that but found this instead. Thanks for posting it, ever so much!
adwheeler 6 months ago
reminds me of the movie " 50 First Dates " inspiring couple..
jopre06 6 months ago
Reminds me of the movie Shine
crazypianolady 6 months ago
What a great wife. Great woman. I would easily think someone would get so fed up after the first week and yet look how patient and loving she is. As terrible as this guys life must be and realizing he may not remember her in the future (honestly you never know he might always feel the connection) he really is lucky to have her.
InMyLifetime89 6 months ago
For those of you who think he won the lottery, think about this: everytime he hears something bad (death of a parent, etc.), he'll experience that pain everytime. Also, as his wife ages, he will forget her and that 'suprise reaction' that he has whenever she walks into the room will go away; he'll eventually not know who anyone is, and will be completely alone. He already doesn't know who his children are because they have aged and he therefore can't recognize them.
BigStackJak 6 months ago
His wife could make him a very happy person... saying every 5 min.
OMG WE WON THE LOTTERY lol
RonaldBarone 6 months ago 2
5:19 - 5:34
that's fucking scary. i can't begin to comprehend what life is like for that man
bapee105 6 months ago
Memento
jericoferrari55 6 months ago
I think the dude lifting weights at the beginning forgot he just worked out
LBtownMayor 6 months ago
Talk About Being Asleep.
neocryptz 7 months ago
In fact, those people can still learn things that are related to the physical movements. Per instance, if his had never skied and went to a mountain to ski, the physical coordination he would learn that day would still be stored. Then, he could go back skiing another day, without ever remembering having skied in his life, but every time, he would still get better and better.
applebluetheband 7 months ago
@Sharpsthedrummer Yes, but my point was that he is not playing what is on the page! She isn't following the score at all.
youngpossum 7 months ago
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youngpossum 7 months ago
Michio Kaku, greatest theoretical physicist in our modern time.
ConceptVBS 7 months ago 2
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ConceptVBS 7 months ago
He will always be happy. :D
ConceptVBS 7 months ago
He is not reading the music, so is either improvising or playing from (muscle) memory. The score is quite clearly the D Major Prelude from Bach's WTC Book I -- just check at 1:43 and 7:05. So what's going on when she turns the page?
youngpossum 7 months ago
"Time is very personal. It comes from within."
sbu003 8 months ago
i love how he reacts when he sees his wife :)
sweetmay73 8 months ago 118
@sweetmay73 Like a Dog
kondichael 4 months ago
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He's like EP mentioned in the book " Moonwalking with Einstein".
decadecadeca123 8 months ago
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decadecadeca123 8 months ago
This breaks my heart every time. I had to watch it in my Cognitive Psych class & his medical condition is so interesting because of how his brain responded to his illness but it really does break my heart. Clive seems ok emotionally and his wife is such an amazing woman for being there for him & he looks like they love each other so much. I am so happy that he still got to keep his gift of music!
jessellaine55 8 months ago
So sweet! him and his wife
chikaxox 8 months ago
I would love to be like this for a day. not for more than a day but just a day. I think it would expand my understanding of human consciousness
TheToad263 8 months ago
@TheToad263 You wouldn't remember any of it, so it would be completely pointless...
dslaughterify 8 months ago
@TheToad263 That would be utterly counter-productive. It would be as if that day never existed, just a void. What a ridiculous idea.
domclarke92 8 months ago
when i watch does type of video its make me very frustrated because i fell very helpless because this man is very happy whit 5 min of life just imagine if he can live like a normal person how a wonderfull dad or husbant he will be...
vinyvinyboy 8 months ago
i cant imagine how pissed i would be, but could you even grasp time long enough to become angry?how do you not lose major functions like eating,using the restroom, or even putting on a t shirt!?i can only wonder how that can feel, i hope he is at least happy if he can feel it
MrExAl 8 months ago
@MrExAl He lost his short term memory since the accident. Motor skills remain, such as his ability to walk, eat and play the piano, but he has been unable to recall anything since the original accident - hence his ability to remember his childrens O-levels - not what they accomplished after. With such a short term memory one would be, for the most part, devoid of strong emotions. The only emotions he seems capable of possessing are that of surprise and love. So he probably has a nice life :)
domclarke92 8 months ago
@MrExAl
Actually stuff like eating, sleeping breathing etc is stored in a different part of your brain then episodic memory ( eg things that just happened) Almost all amnesia patiants retain their procedural memory. I expect alot of his music playing is also procedural and thats why he can remember it. Like riding a bike.
seraphiccandy21 7 months ago
I find it kind of scary :(
88Cortex 8 months ago
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Well... he'll never cheat on her. :)
JayBird4theW1N 8 months ago
Isn't this like... every single elderly person?
Javis586 8 months ago
I feel really sorry for this guy.
hotelmario510 8 months ago
There is a woman at the retirement home who is almost like this. She'll ask for coffee and I'll go get the coffee pot, and once I get back to her table she'll look surprised that I'm there. Or I'll get her dessert order and when I bring it to her she'll not know what it is and that she ordered it. She's a very nice woman, but it's kind of hard to work with. I've timed how long it takes her to forget something and it's probably a little more than a minute.
middleC17 8 months ago
anterograde amnesia wouldn't be that bad. you would forgot the assholes who pised you off 10 seconds ago
luxfero 8 months ago
I doubt he could learn new procedural memories(motor-skills), after the loss of blood to diencephalon, the mid brain would be damaged beyond the stage of consolidating any more memories. However his retreival of (retreograde memories) appear intact, this is probably why he can stil play the piano. like he says my son hasn't got past his o- levels. Although it must be very fustrating, i bet it is much like a mindless daze. Not enough time to get stressed out about something.
osirusking 8 months ago
strange how he can still play piano, I think music operates on a different level in our brains to other things
BucketfulOfFruit 8 months ago
:(
purias 9 months ago
Poor bloke, it's really amazing how much he seems to love his wife though :)
Griffinltd 9 months ago
I dunno. This seems fishy to me. I'm skeptical.
newcoyote 9 months ago
@newcoyote It is genuine, my granfather had a stroke and was left in a similar state to this. You can sit and have a conversation with him, then leave the room for a few minutes, and when you come back he doesn't know who you are any more. Sounds kind of silly but we wear name tags when we visit him, if he sees your name or you tell him it, he will remember what your relationship is to him if he sees you often, like he will remember i'm his grandson, but he won't remember anything about me.
philbateman1989 8 months ago
@philbateman1989 Fascinating. I reserve judgment but do have a lot of questions. I can see how things concerning what is familiar or not might be an issue. Recognition and wot.But then I have to ask to what degree is the memory impaired. For example. How would basic tasks get done. Food is kept in the fridge. How a light switch works. See where I'm going? It seemed like this fellow lived alone. I'm sure I am ignorant in some regard, yet curious. Such an unusual condition.
newcoyote 8 months ago
@newcoyote There is different styles of memory; different memory systems that is. They are believed to use different anatomical structures of the brain. I bet Clive can learn motor skills (if he can focus on what he is doing) without know he has learned it. This problem has something to do with consolidation of short-term memory; he cannot store anything as long-term memory. That he can recoqnize his wife and stuff like that, is due to the hypothesis, that memory is not stored at ONE place.
Dyspen 8 months ago
@newcoyote His memory is intact up until the stroke, in that things he has learned to do remain. It's because you have conscious and uncounscious memory. For example, when you drive, you don't actively remember how to do it per se, it's automatic. But when you see a person, your brain has to consciously recall who they are, you know they are human without remembering what a human is, but identity is a conscious memory, which is lost. Once the condition onsets though, you cannot learn new skills.
philbateman1989 8 months ago
@newcoyote I agree with you. Not saying it isn't real, just saying that it doesn't seem too convincing.
xxblodlustxx 8 months ago
No Idea. Oh I see.
MarcZERO1980 9 months ago
same thing happens to me, but i blame it on the beer.
peace, lardo.
lardo444 9 months ago
@lardo444 mmmmmm larrrdddooo
whispers83 9 months ago
@whispers83 did you just whisper that? it sounded like you did.
poeace, lardo.
lardo444 9 months ago
@lardo444 your name makes me desire cured pork back.
i feel dirty saying it like that.
whispers83 9 months ago
@whispers83 mmmmmm, cured pork :) LOL.
peace, lardo.
lardo444 9 months ago
Poor man.
FancyPocketWatch 9 months ago
David Suzuki?
MiaLeonora 9 months ago
29 people does not fall in love with their respective spouses.
syafiqhere2rule 9 months ago
I love how he's very eloquent, especially for someone with no memory.
montenegrin2010 9 months ago
Memento hurt my head
stevo9025 9 months ago
In many ways I think he is happy. Look each time he sees his wife its like the first time in a very long time. We all know how it feels to see someone we love who we have not seen in ages, now this guy gets to feel that many times a day over and over again.
WayneWiblin 9 months ago 2
would u say that clive is suffering? or is he having fun with his current life but just in another way.. is clive really in pain.. i believe his wife is more in pain than he is..
scary00001 9 months ago 34
@scary00001 I agree to an extent, but I would say he is in a large way suffering, this view may not, or probly wont shared by all, but I would rather be blind, or death etc, because it more preferably that to have one great blur. One day he'll be on his death bed with no understading every few seconds of any event that has ever happened after he was struck ill, to me thats a curse.
LloydDutch 6 months ago in playlist Movies and Shows
lol wtf
dudewhyfi 9 months ago
One can only hope he dies before his wife. But then again, it probably wouldn't matter to him, in practice.
antiHUMANDesigns 9 months ago
@antiHUMANDesigns You my friend, are a fuckin douschebag
ben2nd 9 months ago
@ben2nd In such case, you completely misunderstood what I said. I have great sympathy for him, which is why I said what I said. Please read it again and re-think what I might have meant.
antiHUMANDesigns 9 months ago
@antiHUMANDesigns i had to read what you wrote a few times before i realised it wasnt actually cruel. his wife is the only thing he knows, the only thing that makes him happy. it must be so hard for her.
Charlottemae64 9 months ago
@Charlottemae64 I might have been unclear. What I meant was that if she died, he would have nothing left in the world.
antiHUMANDesigns 9 months ago
@antiHUMANDesigns yep, i gotcha
Charlottemae64 9 months ago
i dont believe this shit
DaRza17 9 months ago
@DaRza17 It's not shit, it's been proven ever since the case of HM. When his temporal lobe was removed, he could not form any new memories, and could not remember the past. It's all true.
dannnxo 9 months ago
notebook
bruva4manovamova 9 months ago
Does he not wonder why a camera is there? Why does he not get scared shitless when his wife reaches over to change the sheet music after so many seconds.
craysimons3 9 months ago
Thats so sad! He gets so excited for his wife which is probally bittersweet for her.
irvingd1 9 months ago
0:52 ... That woman has a ball sack 0.o
Picka04 10 months ago
wow at list he doesn't have to relive any consequnces
gtsgtsgt 10 months ago
:(
gr3engirl 10 months ago
So his wife could leave him. . and he would have no idea?
MovieChic007 10 months ago
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@MovieChic007 "for better or for worse, till death do you part...."
ulyssesbrown5000 10 months ago
@MovieChic007 She did divorce him for a while, but she realized she loved him too much and they remarried (he had no idea that she had left for years).
garden0fgraves 9 months ago
Does he even remember that he has a memory disorder?
Supermassively 10 months ago
As sad as this is.. him greeting her by showering her with hugs, love, and kisses each time he sees her is undoubtedly the silver lining to this gray cloud.
It really must be difficult having this to the love of your life. :\
TheRocketVoltage 10 months ago 25
Now imagine this mans illness on a larger scale. Infinite awareness of the universe, split into infinite portions of memory that tend to last 70-100 years, otherwise known as human life. We are like Clive, constantly awakening through birth, having a long term memory of 80 or so years and then forgetting it all in death.
To Clive life is not as terrible as it appears to us. We are just observing Clive being born and dying over and over. Mentally he's not the same person for more than 30 second.
The5ingularity 11 months ago