Scientists
are struggling with the mysteries of the brain, but every year they
become more and more familiar and closer to unlocking the ability to
control and even format the human brain
Scientists
have been trying to find the elixir of memory that helps to forget
everything bad. Perhaps you are looking for ways to resurrect the
forgotten events after a severe head injury? Study the effect of false
memories, which sometimes show during questioning witnesses to a crime.
But the brain staunchly protects its secrets so Scientists have carried
out experiments to address the frightening memories to see if memory can
be rewritten.
And once again, scientists have attempted to
penetrate the secrets of memory. This time they decided to test to see
if they can edit the brain?
So during one experiment to cure the
girl from the fear of dogs, she was shown pictures of different dogs –
from the mind of evil and totally harmless. Thus, researchers removed
from the archive of remembrance, encouraging the girl to experience
again the emotions that she felt at that moment, when frightened by the
animal.
After that it was taught to respond to the memory of
another. For example, asked for her that the dog had saved her when she
was drowning or chased vandals who climbed into her house. That is
instilled her portrayal of another dog, dog-mate. At the final stage of
the treatment research specialists the edited memories in the brain were
fixed with the help of hypnosis.
The same researchers conducted
experiments with members of military action, the victims of car
accidents and rapes and as a result the volunteers experienced less fear
of shocking memories.
The latest research is based on a radically
new concept of storing memories in the brain. Before, scientists
believed that memory – just photos: all parts firmly fixed at the time
of the event. After these same experiments, the experts found that
memories are stored in the brain, like folders on a shelf: when you take
a folder to view, it is possible to change something.
- We do not
want to erase all the memories – it would be unethical and would cause
to reflect on the fate of other memories, associative associated with
undesirable – says Roger Pitman, professor of psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School. – The ideal scenario is to reduce or eliminate the fear
that accompanies this recollection. The main focus is to provide
treatment at a time when the memory is extracted from the archive, and
“save” in memory, like a computer, an amended version.
It is possible that new methods of editing of memories will help in the
future to treat a variety of phobias, posttraumatic stress and other
syndromes associated with increased anxiety. We are all quiet certain
this new found scientific piety would never be mishandled or used in
such a way as say, military purposes. Never!
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