a functioning procedural memory. She remembers, for instance, how to drive a car, and she could learn to play the piano if she wanted, although she would have little or no memory of receiving lessons. Likewise, Claire’s so-called semantic memory remains largely intact; her brain has preserved previously learned facts (Paris is the capital of France; her husband’s name is Ed), and she can ...
Victorian times, "ladies" were thought to be thoroughly useless. They were taught to paint a little or play a bit of piano and, if they had money enough, they spent their time buying clothes, attending parties, flirting and, in other ways, trying to pass the time.Naturally, women who were not "ladies" worked for a living, though generally doing so without much of an education.There were always ...