Memory Editing

[dewline]

Why am I not comforted by this news?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/erase-memories-1.4186191

Not a great way to start my morning. Or anyone else's, I suspect.

Comments

[moon_custafer]

Curious whether this is a misreporting of or a separate line of research from one I'd been hearing about, which involved retaining the traumatic memory but dampening the emotional immediacy of it.

[dewline]

Some backtracking's going to be needed here.

This item, maybe?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/scientists-explore-the-illusion-of-memory-1.1353905