http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/memory erasure http://io9.com/tag/memory erasure A new study shows that people's painful or frightening memories can be erased. A group of cognitive scientists have revealed that people can forget pain if they are exposed to specific stimuli during "memory reconsolidation," the hour or so after you recall a memory. More »
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Memory is one of the main reasons why drug addicts who have gone sober suddenly find themselves jumping off the wagon. Environmental cues like visiting a place where you were high can make you remember the drug and weaken your resistance to taking it again. But now researchers have discovered a way to selectively erase "drug-associated memories" and make it easier for you to just say no to the needle, pill, or pipe. It all has to do with interrupting the brain's process of "reconsolidation," or memory retrieval. More »
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