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posted by martyb on Friday May 29 2015, @07:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the where-did-I-put-my-car-keys dept.

The latest research shows memories "lost" to amnesia aren't gone forever; they're just not accessible

Mice certainly aren't men, but they can teach us a lot about memories. And in the latest experiments, mice are helping to resolve a long-simmering debate about what happens to "lost" memories. Are they wiped out permanently, or are they still there, but just somehow out of reach?

Researchers in the lab of Susumu Tonegawa at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT conducted a series of studies using the latest light-based brain tracking techniques to show that memories in certain forms of amnesia aren't erased, but remain intact and potentially retrievable. Their findings, published Thursday in the journal Science , are based on experiments in mice, but they could have real implications for humans, too.

http://time.com/3899789/lost-memories-retrieved/


[Original Submission - Ed.]

 
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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday May 29 2015, @07:34PM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday May 29 2015, @07:34PM (#189803) Journal

    How do you ask your phone to play back the events if you don't remember that there are events to play back?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @07:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @07:49PM (#189810)

    "Phone, have I ever had a lesbian experience?"
    "Yes, Sally."
    "Play back those events please."
    "Yes, Sally."
    "I must have been so drunk that night."
    "Yes, Sally."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @09:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 29 2015, @09:23PM (#189849)

      Yes, yes, go on...