Remember the pen used in Men in Black to erase a person’s memory after they saw an alien? That movie was so 10 years ago; let’s try something more recent.
How about Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind where two lovebirds traumatized by their relationship, decide to wipe their memories clean of each other?
Well, it seems science has caught up with Hollywood. Scientists have been successful at selecting and safely removing specific memories from a mouse’s brain.
Joe Z. Tsien, brain scientist and co-director of the Brain & Behavior Discovery Institute at the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, claims, “While memories are great teachers and obviously crucial for survival and adaptation, selectively removing incapacitating memories, such as traumatic war memories or an unwanted fear, could help many people live better lives”
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