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1. The article actually says she lost the ability to drive.

2. Different sorts of memories are represented in different ways and in different parts of the brain. I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear of a case of brain damage that destroyed huge amounts of "factual" memories without depriving the victim of the ability to drive. Or vice versa.



The second point makes sense, but given the scale of the damage I'm still surprised.




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