真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法_时事

真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法

还记得《美丽心灵的永恒阳光》里的约尔

如果现实中真的有这样的“忘情诊所”，你会去尝试吗？

真的有“忘情水”：科学家发现消除不愉快记忆的方法1

Are there any memories you'd like to permanently remove from your head?

是不是有些记忆你想从头脑中永久删除？

Or what if you could alter unpleasant memories so they're no longer upsetting? Or create entirely new memories of events that never occurred?

或者，如果有某种手段可以改写你的不愉快记忆，让你不再沮丧，你觉得怎么样？甚至让你的大脑生成全新的、从未发生过的记忆呢？

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but according to a new documentary that premiered in the US recently, scientists have discovered how to do just that - and more.

这听起来像科幻小说里的桥段。不过根据美国近日播出的一部纪录片的介绍，科学家其实已经知道怎么实现上面这些“科幻”了，而且还不止这些。

"Memory Hackers," from PBS's NOVA documentary strand, looks at cutting edge research into the nature of memory, and how it might be manipulated for mankind's benefit.

美国公共广播公司的“NOVA”系列科普节目近日推出了一部名为《记忆黑客》的纪录片，讲述了科学家对记忆本质进行的尖端研究，并以此造福人类的过程。

"For much of human history, memory has been seen as a tape recorder that faithfully registers information and replays it intact," say the film's makers.