birth_place nationality name birth_date gender article_title education birth_name occupation
hartford , connecticut united states suzanne corkin may 18 , 1937 female suzanne corkin
 b.a. , smith college -lrb- 1959 -rrb- suzanne corkin university professor
suzanne corkin

suzanne corkin -lrb- born may 18 , 1937 -rrb- is a professor of behavioral neuroscience , emerita , in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at mit , and is head of the corkin lab .
her research has focused on the study of patients with neurological disease , with the goal of linking specific cognitive processes , particularly memory , to discrete brain circuits .
corkin is best known for her investigation of the famous amnesic patient , h.m. , whom she met in 1962 and studied until his death in 2008 .
she discusses the story of h.m. in her book `` permanent present tense , '' published in may 2013 .
