From: Fast Company
PBS Doc “Memory Hackers” Shows The Future Of Memory Manipulation
Fast Company:
Total Recall, Inception, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Once the realm of science fiction, advances in technology, neurochemistry, and cognitive science are redefining what memory is, enabling us to erase old memories and implant new ones.
The Nova documentary Memory Hackers, premiering tonight on PBS, recounts the scientific breakthroughs over the last 70 years that have lead to our current understanding of where and how long-term memories are formed, stored, and recalled.
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“We stumbled upon Julia Shaw’s research through a graduate student,” says Bicks. “I thought, ‘No, this could not possibly be.’ And she said, ‘No, no, I convinced all these people that they committed crimes.’ She sends links to all her videos, and I’m thinking, ‘This is crazy.’ I called up other scientists, and said, ‘Could this really be?’ And they said, ‘Yeah, it really is.’ It’s a little scary and you think it could not happen to you. But apparently, it could.”
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