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Scientists find a way to erase frightening memories

You know that irrational fear of clowns you have because one accidentally popped a balloon animal in your face when you were a kid? If a new technique developed by Swedish scientists had existed back then, that fear might never have developed.
Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have found that it's possible to interrupt the formation of memories during a crucial stage when they're being cemented in your brain by proteins. In fact, it seems that memories associated with fears can be replaced entirely — if caught before this consolidation process can finish.
By displaying a photograph and simultaneously administering a small electric shock, the researchers were able to induce formation of a fear memory in test subjects. Then, by showing half of the subjects the same photo without the shock repeatedly during the consolidation process, they were able to stop a sense of fear from being permanently associated with the picture.
There's still a lot of testing to be done, but the scientists believe that this technique could eventually be used to interrupt the association of fear with other memories, such as witnessing the horrors of war, that might otherwise lead to disorders like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Unlike scary clowns, that's no laughing matter.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-b...03649.html

**Zardoz**

I was going to post this earlier and forgot once I logged in. This is a freaky story. I don't think it's a great idea to do it the way that they are doing it.

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**FreedomStands**

This technique isn't new, its been around for a very long time.

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Zardoz Wrote:

I was going to post this earlier and forgot once I logged in. This is a freaky story. I don't think it's a great idea to do it the way that they are doing it.

5 Stars and a ity

watch out for the men in black

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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 122629 09-22-2012 08:13 PM

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Scientists find a way to erase frightening memories

If you let your brain in the hands of Big Pharma you are just brain dead.
All the problems come from the inequality (rich/poor) and violence. Fix this and you solve 99% of all mental problems and violence.

**CountFapula**

nfw. i don't need not education.... i don't need no thought control

**NormalIsSubjective** · **NormalIsSubjective** User ID: 122715 09-22-2012 10:42 PM **Posts: 4,971**

I'm betting they won't suggest using it as a treatment for childhood religious indoctrination and conditioning.

They've proven far too useful for some. doomed

**GreenAQ** · **GreenAQ** Livin' a dream User ID: 113375 09-22-2012 10:44 PM **Posts: 9,786**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVh8Mu1a4Q

**Kanigo2** lop guest User ID: 97971 09-22-2012 10:48 PM

I read the title and knew where you were going already.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy

ECT is the Hands down winner for removing deep depression also.

I refused it, I knew I could break the cycle of thinking. that was my only alternative.

By myself, or ECT.