Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

3 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. Download complete by NoMoreMrNiceGuy2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know kung fu.

  2. The egg hatched... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Deckard: Remember when you were six? You and your brother snuck into an empty building through a basement window. You were going to play doctor. He showed you his, but when it got to be your turn you chickened and ran; you remember that? You ever tell anybody that? Your mother, Tyrell, anybody? Remember the spider that lived outside your window? Orange body, green legs. Watched her build a web all summer, then one day there's a big egg in it. The egg hatched...
    Rachael: The egg hatched...
    Deckard: Yeah...
    Rachael: ...and a hundred baby spiders came out... and they ate her.

  3. HHGTG by rossdee · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the mice thought they were supervising a computer program to find the ultimate question of Life the Universe and Everything