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Electrical stimulation of specific brain regions of mice led to a new memory

“Memories, you’re talking about memories” - Deckard, Blade Runner 1982

27-Aug-2019

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.

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DARPA

US government agency called Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Scientific Journal providing information about neuroscience.

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Brain Interface