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Memory and the landscape

Neuropsychologist Catherine Loveday explores what life is like when you can only live completely in the present.

Claire woke up one morning to discover that overnight she had lost her memory as a result of a viral infection. Dr Catherine Loveday, a neuropsycholgist at the University of Westminster, has worked with Claire for many years and shares what life is like when you can only live in the present.

Programme image courtesy of Sarah Grice, Wellcome Collection.

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