Feb 15, 2016 · But scientists are now on the verge of being able to change that for good, with the discovery that our memories aren't as permanent as we once thought. In fact, researchers …

Memory erasure is the selective artificial removal of memories or associations from the mind.

Oct 7, 2022 · Ever wish you could banish a painfully embarrassing moment from your brain forever? Good news! Now you can actually trick yourself into erasing a memory, science says. …

Feb 1, 2015 · And their research has uncovered several physiological interventions — including electrical currents and well-timed pharmacology — that appear to help destabilize fearful …

Oct 1, 2024 · Memory erasing therapy, also known as targeted memory erasure or memory manipulation therapy, is a cutting-edge approach that aims to selectively remove or alter …

Jan 16, 2014 · MIT neuroscientists have now shown that they can extinguish well-established traumatic memories in mice by giving them a type of drug called an HDAC2 inhibitor, which …

May 2, 2021 · Computational neuroscientists are in the proof-of-concept stages of a new kind of PTSD treatment called decoded neurofeedback (DecNef) that collects and parses brain …

May 15, 2014 · Most radically, ECT is now being used to alter and destroy memories. It may sound like fiction, like something out of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but a recent …

May 1, 2012 · As some researchers labor to solve the mystery of memory loss in dementia, others are attacking the mirror-image problem of how to help patients escape the painful memories …

Apr 7, 2023 · Science has long sought to understand the cellular mechanisms that underlie the decisive task of erasing or forgetting information. The Npy1 receptor in the dentate gyrus of …