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The Case Study of Clive Wearing

The Case Study of Clive Wearing . By: Sam Tadlock Carley Starnes. Clive Wearing’s Illness. On March 27, 1985, Clive contracted Herpesviral encephalitis- a virus that attacked his central nervous system. . The Effects. Clive now suffers from anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

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The Case Study of Clive Wearing

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  1. The Case Study of Clive Wearing By: Sam Tadlock Carley Starnes

  2. Clive Wearing’s Illness • On March 27, 1985, Clive contracted Herpesviral encephalitis- a virus that attacked his central nervous system.

  3. The Effects • Clive now suffers from anterograde and retrograde amnesia. • He lacks the ability to form new memories and to recall some aspects of his past memories. • He has also been unable to control emotions and associate memories well. • His memory only lasts between 7 and 30 seconds. He spends every day 'waking up' every 20 seconds, 'restarting' his consciousness once the time span of his short term memory elapses.

  4. He remembers little of his life before 1985. For example, he knows that he has children from an earlier marriage, but can’t recall their names. • His love for his second wife Deborah, whom he married the year prior to his illness, is undiminished. He greets her joyously every time they meet, either believing he has not seen her in years or that they have never met before, even though she may have just left the room.

  5. Problems in the Brain • His hippocampus, the area required to transfer memories from short-term to long-term memory, was damaged. • He has damage to his inferior frontal lobe that causes jerking as a physical sign of his inability to control his emotions. • His brain is still trying to fire information in the form of action potentials to neurostructures that no longer exist. The resulting encephalic electrical disturbance leads to fits.

  6. In a diary provided by his caretakers, Clive recorded his thoughts. Page after page is filled with entries: 8:31 AM: Now I am really, completely awake.9:06 AM: Now I am perfectly, overwhelmingly awake.9:34 AM: Now I am superlatively, actually awake. • Earlier entries are usually crossed out, since he forgets having made an entry within minutes and dismisses the writings.

  7. Musical Abilities • Clive is a British musicologist, conductor, tenor, and keyboardist. • He was very accomplished musician and well-known music researcher. • Now after his illness, Clive can still recall how to play the piano and conduct a choir, despite having no recollection of receiving a musical education. • His procedural memory was not injured.

  8. The Life of Clive Wearing

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