Clive Wearing: Living Without Memory

This clip illustrates an extreme form of memory deficit, in which a person is unable to form new memories.

This clip illustrates an extreme form of memory deficit, in which a person is unable to form new memories. Before sustaining significant brain damage caused by viral encephalitis that left Clive Wearing unable to form new memories, Clive was an accomplished choir director and musical arranger.

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1. How does Clive characterize his dreams?

A. "No dreams. Nothing at all."

B. "Distant sights on a faraway shore."

C. "Flashes. Bursts of experience."

D. "Extremely vivid."

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2. Clive describes his experience as a constant feeling of:

A. living in a dream world.

B. being slapped in the face.

C. playing charades.

D. having just woken up.