The Making of a Spotless Mind

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Abstract / Summary: How close are we to the selective memory engineering depicted in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Perhaps closer than you think. Neuroscientist Todd Sacktor demonstrates a drug that inhibits a chemical reaction between synapses, causing memories—even very old ones—to fall apart. The brain, in effect, returns to a “blank slate.” Understanding this process opens the door for someday being able to selectively erase memories in the human brain.
Field of Interest: Psychology
Content Type: Lecture/presentation
Format: Related Web resources
URL: http://worldsciencefestival.com/videos/the_making_of_a_spotless_mind
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Psychology, Social Sciences, Psychology & Counseling, Cognitive Psychology, Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction, Repeated Measures, Observation Methods, Repeated Measures, Observation Methods, Psicología Cognitiva, Psicologia Cognitiva, Elizabeth F. Loftus, 1944-, Intelligence, Cognition, and Memory
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Psicología Cognitiva, Psicologia Cognitiva