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Researchers Implant False Memories In Mice

Posted by samzenpus on from the remember-this dept.

sciencehabit writes "Call it 'Total Recall' for mice. A group of neuroscientists say that they've identified a potential mechanism of false memory creation and have planted such a memory in the brain of a mouse. With this knowledge, neuroscientists can start to figure out how many neurons it takes to give us the perception of what's around us and what goes on in our neural wiring when we remember—or misremember—the past."

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  1. Re:They seriously used the SCIENTOLOGY term "engra by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    No.

  2. Re:The Matrix by Muad'Dave · · Score: 4, Informative

    And where do you think muscle memory is stored?

    The memories themselves may be stored in the brain, but what you'd be missing from the Kung-Fu download would be the proprioception mapping for your body. If the original Kung-Fu masters musculature and limb lengths were very much different from the learner, the learner would be more likely to beat himself to death than anyone else.

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