The Perpetual Now

"The Perpetual Now" tells the compelling story of Lonni Sue Johnson, a renowned artist and musician who, after contracting encephalitis, suffers from severe amnesia and lives mostly in the present moment. Despite her memory loss, she retains many of her skills and talents, raising fascinating questions about the nature of consciousness, memory, and identity. Through her experiences, science journalist Michael D. Lemonick explores the groundbreaking insights her case provides into how the brain processes and stores human awareness.