Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Eternal Sunshine

Brain Power - Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory - Series - NYTimes.com: "Suppose scientists could erase certain memories by tinkering with a single substance in the brain. Could make you forget a chronic fear, a traumatic loss, even a bad habit.

Researchers in Brooklyn have recently accomplished comparable feats, with a single dose of an experimental drug delivered to areas of the brain critical for holding specific types of memory, like emotional associations, spatial knowledge or motor skills."

6 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

It didn't turn out well in the movie.

Cap'n Bob said...

Isn't this why people take drugs in the first place?

Richard R said...

Oh! Oh! They can help me forget that "D" I got in Trigonometry. My life will be perfect again!

No even better, I can read my favorite book, then they'll erase the memory, and I can read it again...and again...

Ted said...

Does this mean we could erase our memories of the opening ceremonies at the St. Paul Bouchercon - the one with the "Bouchercondoms", not the Magician?

Unknown said...

Why not both?

Ted said...

Why not, indeed? And how about the last eight years as a bonus?