Key points from article :
Brain circuits can be artificially stimulated and linked together in an artificial memory.
Research underlined how memories work and the science of memory manipulation.
In the sea slug Aplysia, memories can be transferred from one individual to another using RNA.
Eternal Sunshine drug, a memory eraser, is being developed to treat recollections of chronic pain.
Optogenetic study is the first report of completely artificial memory.
The study was published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.