Remains Of the Day. Can a new device help amnesia patients outsource memory?

摘要

Claire robertson was in the changing room at her local swimming pool when she glanced up to see a woman looking at her. The woman had a nice face-warm, searching blue eyes; a hesitant smile-but seemed un-sure of what to say. This often happens to Claire, a 49-year-old former nurse who six years ago suffered brain damage due to a rare viral infection called herpes encephalitis. Now an amnesiac who is unable to recognize faces, Claire lives in a world in which even her lifelong friends appear as strangers. Her husband Ed wears a distinct shark-tooth necklace at all times to help her identify him.