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The Man With The Seven Second Memory
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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.
HN points to it as the extended documentary on an extreme case of amnesia whenever memory loss or consciousness comes up.
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