Implantation Of False Memory
Implantation of False Memory(mild trauma and abuse). American cognitive psychologist and expert on human memory Elizabeth Loftus has done some fascinating research in the possibility of implanting false memories. Also called “Lost in the mall” experiment. After describing some narratives of childhood events of the participants. A narrative of a false event was implanted like being lost for a couple of hours in the mall. About 25 percent of the participants not only "remembered" the implanted memory but also filled in the missing details.[1]It is still natural to wonder whether one could go even further and implant a memory of abuse. Ethically, of course, it would not be possible, but anecdotally, it was done. It is one of the most dramatic cases of false memory of abuse ever to be documented the case of Paul Ingram from Olympia, Washington ( Ofshe, 1992; Watters, 1991 ).
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Implantation of False Memory(Crime).
Moving one step further Dr. Julia Shaw a Canadian Psychologist in 2015 published a study in which she succeeded to get 70% of the participants to falsely remember a crime, they've committed in their past.[3][4] “All [that the]participants need to generate a richly detailed false memory is 3 hours in a friendly interview environment, where the interviewer introduces a few wrong details and uses poor memory-retrieval techniques.” says Julia Shaw.
Implantation of False Memory(Optogenetics). In the 1950s, Canadian neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield found that activating certain parts of the brain would elicit specific memories.Building on that famous work, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has planted false memory in the minds of mice. Project Inception lead by Steve Ramirez, and Xu Liu. They have successfully managed to manipulate ‘good’ and ‘bad’ memories in mice by turning on and off the laser lights with the help of a switch. A study that may have significant impact on research into human memory alteration. This may mean that one day scientists will be able to ‘turn off’ particular distressing memories in patients suffering from conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. “Imagine you can go in and find a particular traumatic memory and turn it off or change it somehow,” said David Moorman, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts. “That’s still science fiction, but with this we’re getting a lot closer to it.” Memory Manipulation. Another line of inquiry examines whether fear memories can be reduced or extinguished completely Edward G. Meloni, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School has been working on it. Some labs are exploring whether drugs can remove memories like Richard Huganir, MD, PhD, who co-directs the Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Scientists at New York University have published another new study where they claim to have erased a single memory from the brains of rats while leaving the rest of the animals' memories still intact.
Implantation of False Memory(Crime).
Moving one step further Dr. Julia Shaw a Canadian Psychologist in 2015 published a study in which she succeeded to get 70% of the participants to falsely remember a crime, they've committed in their past.[3][4] “All [that the]participants need to generate a richly detailed false memory is 3 hours in a friendly interview environment, where the interviewer introduces a few wrong details and uses poor memory-retrieval techniques.” says Julia Shaw.
Implantation of False Memory(Optogenetics). In the 1950s, Canadian neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield found that activating certain parts of the brain would elicit specific memories.Building on that famous work, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has planted false memory in the minds of mice. Project Inception lead by Steve Ramirez, and Xu Liu. They have successfully managed to manipulate ‘good’ and ‘bad’ memories in mice by turning on and off the laser lights with the help of a switch. A study that may have significant impact on research into human memory alteration. This may mean that one day scientists will be able to ‘turn off’ particular distressing memories in patients suffering from conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. “Imagine you can go in and find a particular traumatic memory and turn it off or change it somehow,” said David Moorman, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts. “That’s still science fiction, but with this we’re getting a lot closer to it.” Memory Manipulation. Another line of inquiry examines whether fear memories can be reduced or extinguished completely Edward G. Meloni, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School has been working on it. Some labs are exploring whether drugs can remove memories like Richard Huganir, MD, PhD, who co-directs the Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Scientists at New York University have published another new study where they claim to have erased a single memory from the brains of rats while leaving the rest of the animals' memories still intact.