A Pill to Selectively Erase Your Traumatic Memories - Neuroscience - io9

Interesting - but too spooky for my taste. "In a few years you might have a pill to help you forget your bad breakup just the way Jim Carey did in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. With a high dose of just one enzyme, scientists can now erase very specific memories while you're in... more

Reviewed by moritherapy Oct 23 2008, 10:01am ( 3 reviews ) • io9.com

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Rated by maing on Oct 23 2008, 10:57am

In a few years you might have a pill to help you forget your bad breakup just the way Jim Carey did in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rated by moritherapy on Oct 23 2008, 10:01am

Interesting - but too spooky for my taste. "In a few years you might have a pill to help you forget your bad breakup just the way Jim Carey did in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. With a high dose of just one enzyme, scientists can now erase very specific memories while you're in the act of recalling them. The enzyme known as CaMKII is linked to learning and memory, and Georgia neuroscientist Joe Z. Tsien and his team used it to induce extremely targeted memory-erasure in mice. Tsien thinks the process might help humans lay traumatic memories to rest."

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